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BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Economic Growth Is Galloping Consumers and businesses have lots to spend as they get financially stronger. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Businesses are Betting on a Happy New Year Companies feel better about the future and are ready to expand. They seem to like what they see -- especially the rebound in consumer spending and the lower dollar, which will provide a boost to exports and profits. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy? |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending. |
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 James C. Cooper |
Stock Investors Seem To Hold The Winning Hand Data suggest a soft landing, not the recession the bond bulls fear. |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Get Ready To Exhale: The Slowdown May Be Ending A pickup in manufacturing signals stronger growth is on the way for the economy. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Labor Is Keeping The Economy In Fighting Trim The job market looks healthy enough to power a strong second half. |
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why Consumer Spending Has Staying Power It looks like households are going to hit a couple of speed bumps this quarter: Surging prices for food and fuels promise to put the squeeze on purchasing power. |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Real Economic Threat: Weak Capital Spending Corporate caution could jeopardize job growth and consumer outlays. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 James C. Cooper |
On Guard Against Recession All signs suggest meager growth -- if that -- in the fourth quarter, with little improvement in early 2008; the Fed takes preemptive action by cutting a quarter-point off its target interest rate. |
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Economy: Is Corporate America Too Lean? After three years of cutbacks, it may not be ready for stronger demand. |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark--Well, Not Too Afraid Risks are rising with market turmoil, but growth prospects still look solid. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 James C. Cooper |
Housing: The Roof Won't Collapse On The U.S. Economy As builders adjust their inventories, other sectors will offer plenty of support. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Stop Thinking Rate Cut, Start Thinking Rate Hike With economic growth rebounding, it's time to revise expectations. |
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: An Economy This Warm Won't Cool On Its Own Robust growth may require the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates into 2006. |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Inventory Swings Are Whipsawing The Economy The ebb and flow of business inventories has the potential to generate some ups and downs this year that could greatly affect perceptions of the economy's strength. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 James C. Cooper |
If Credit Markets Thaw, Recession Is Unlikely Growth will get squeezed, but housing will take the brunt. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: That Spring Slowdown? Just a Bad Dream After faltering in the second quarter, growth is rebounding nicely and inflation is cooling. Moreover, upward revisions to several key data in the second quarter suggest it's slowdown was not as sharp as first thought. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability. |
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
Australia: Slowly Letting The Air Out Of The Bubble Policymakers from the U.S. to Europe, who are dealing with their own hot housing sectors, want to see if the Reserve Bank of Australia has succeeded in deflating its housing bubble without wrecking the economy. |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Business Takes A Turn At Powering The Recovery It's fueling growth by buying new equipment and rebuilding inventories. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.:Strong Demand Is Firing Up U.S. Factories After running lean, manufacturers are gearing up to fill orders and build inventories. But not all of this demand strength will show up in the growth of real GDP. |
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: How The U.S. Is Riding Out The Energy Storm Broader demand plus lower inflation and interest rates help bolster growth in the U.S. economy. |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up. |
BusinessWeek September 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Growth Could Still Stay On Track Strong profits and cash from faster job gains will help the economy cope. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Why The R-Word is "Rocky," Not "Recession" Why the economic ride ahead will be bumpy - but manageable. |
BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Gray Area In The Fed's Blue-Sky Forecast Further rate increases may be needed to tame a spirited economy. |
BusinessWeek January 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Why The Market Isn't Listening To The Fed It's ignoring inflation warnings, but bets on lower rates may be too optimistic. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
Japan: A Dip, Not a Collapse The downward revision to Japan's second-quarter growth rate has raised questions about the economy's recovery. But other data argue against another downturn. |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow. |
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Business Gets Behind The Wheel Move over housing - corporate spending will drive growth in 2006. |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: That Last-Quarter Slowdown Is Old News Despite surging oil prices, a waffling stock market, and some surprisingly weak job numbers, the economy began the third quarter on much firmer ground. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed: Trying To Shift Into Neutral Unfortunately, no one knows the rate that neither helps nor hinders growth. |
BusinessWeek July 16, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Resurgent Asia Will Lead the Global Recovery Robust exports to China and other emerging markets will help stabilize the U.S. economy, but U.S. demand will be too weak to offer its traditional support to world growth. |
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas Wallets are open, and even the outlook for home sales is improving. |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Big Business Is A Big Spender Again A broad-based capital-spending recovery is solidly under way. And history shows that once a capital-spending recovery gains momentum, it takes a lot to slow it down. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Inflation Looks Tamer, But For How Long? Resilient demand and stronger growth will stoke new price pressures. |
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Katrina's Impact Depends On How Business Reacts Unless business sentiment takes a lasting turn for the worse, and $3.50 gas hangs around a long while, all the latest signs indicate that today's economy remains strong enough to take Katrina's blow and keep chugging ahead. |
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Don't Count Consumers Out Just Yet With the economy showing continued momentum outside of consumer spending and with the growth in consumer outlays set to improve markedly this quarter, last quarter's slowdown in GDP growth will not likely be an ill omen for the first half of 2006. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery. |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity? |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Yawning Trade Gap Could Swallow the Recovery Stronger demand will lift imports as weakness abroad pummels exports |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 James Mehring |
Growth: More Than Meets The Eye While real gross domestic product, the popular gauge of economic growth, is slumping, another measure of economic activity called gross domestic income remains strong. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Creation Isn't A Problem, But Oil Might Be Job growth is positive but consumer spending may be down because of increasing gasoline prices. |