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The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy It's an exciting time to follow the economy. Interest rates are on the tip of everyone's tongue, oil marches higher by the day, and Ben Bernanke is getting more face time than Lindsay Lohan. Let's take a look at what happened this past week. |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy Economic News: Net worth drops, manufactured orders pop, and a "Star Search" hero flops. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Peter Coy |
The Trade Gap: How Long Can It Go On? The rapid growth of the U.S. trade deficit has sparked vociferous debate -- and fresh research -- among international economists. Some see it as sustainable, but most believe the U.S. spree must soon end |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Bernanke Changes Strategy The Fed chief has taken the fight to inflation. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy The weekly economic roundup: Rate cuts searching for a bottom... Economic stimulus plan... $4 gallon gasoline... Employment's looking up... |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Silver Lining's Menacing Cloud Higher demand will lead to a rising trade deficit -- even with a lower dollar. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy Weekly economic news: Inflation, job cuts, and Bernanke's final hurrah. What a week. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Rich Miller |
The Incredible Falling Dollar The buck keeps sliding, even as the U.S. economy revs up. That's a plus for business -- but there are risks ahead. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
5 Questions Craig Karmin, author, The Biography of a Dollar, answers five questions regarding why the dollar has fallen, and what he thinks comes next. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Where'd All This Inflation Come From? Open any economics textbook and you'll learn that inflation is caused when demand increases relative to the supply of goods. However, today's situation isn't a textbook example. |
BusinessWeek February 27, 2006 James C. Cooper |
What's Complicating Bernanke's Balancing Act Finding the right level for interest rates is trickier in a more global economy. |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Stimulus + Inflation + Trade Deficit = Jitters It's been a heck of a week on the economic front. Inflation continues to push into consumers' lives, oil pulled back just slightly from last Friday's ghastly gain, and a presidential candidate called for another government stimulus package to ignite the economy. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outloook: How the Global Economy Is Rebalancing This time Asia, the Americas, and Europe are all accelerating together. This synchronized rebound will lift trade broadly, to the benefit of U.S. exports. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz |
Live Blog: Bernanke's First Press Conference The Fed speaks. |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Weak Dollar Is Not Your Friend Remember, no economy has ever failed because its currency was too strong. Many, however, have bitten the dust over weak ones. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week in the Economy Economic news: Dwindling confidence, Buffett yells fire, and Saudi Arabia's having a party. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Rich Miller |
Too Much Money A global savings glut is good for growth -- but risks are mounting. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 Morgan Housel |
5 Important Things Now Completely Recovered From the Financial Crisis Look closely, and you might be surprised how well much of the economy is doing. Some of the most important parts have actually fully recovered from the recession. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Exports: The Economy's Secret Weapon A narrowing trade gap will offset some of the housing-related weakness in the economy. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Chuck Norris vs. the Credit Crisis Bloomberg writer uses Chuck Norris wisdom to explain what steps are necessary to help the credit crisis. |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Forecasting Housing Futures What may be in store for homeowners and housing prices this year? |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Bernanke Sink Your Portfolio Here's how to defend yourself from the Fed. |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Inflation Nightmare Just Got 5.6% Worse Prices surge faster than they have in 17 years. What's a Fed chief to do? |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2006 Mike Norman |
How Big Is Your Trade Deficit? Like the budget deficit and national debt, the trade deficit is characterized in much the same fashion, in that all of the attention is focused on the negative balance on one side of the ledger, with little mention of the positive inflows on the other side. |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Peter Coy |
The Export Engine Needs A Turbocharge While imports have boomed, exports have grown far more slowly than anyone expected, contributing to the biggest trade gap in history. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: 2007 Bear A weaker dollar and the resulting inflationary pressures are going to make 2007 a difficult year for American consumers. Yet thanks to an emerging global middle class, the rest of the world may very well fare better. |
Reason June 2008 Donald J. Boudreaux |
The Coming Recession Seven observers debate the (sorry) state of the economy. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
4 Ways Investors Get Inflation Wrong Get to know inflation before it gets to know you. |
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Dollar's Decline Isn't A Downer A steep drop is unlikely, and there are advantages to a further slide. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Can Bernanke Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk? Ben Bernanke is getting down to business to combat inflation. |
CFO December 1, 2011 Kate O'Sullivan |
Rebuilding, Slowly Four years after the housing-market collapse, the sector's troubles still weigh on the broader economy. But housing CFOs are searching for a path to growth. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Rich Smith |
7 Stocks for Barack Presidential policies can affect our success as investors. Therefore, how should investors prepare their portfolios for the devaluation of the dollar? |
HBS Working Knowledge January 25, 2010 Sean Silverthorne |
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy A Q&A with HBS professor David A. Moss, author of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to know. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2007 Peter Coy |
Oil & Housing: A Volatile Combination How much damage will the economy suffer from steep oil prices and the housing bust? |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Dollar's Slide Isn't Over The U.S. dollar has been a rock star in recent weeks, reaching its highest level against the euro in six months. But will it continue? |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Holds His Ground As expected, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds rate steady at 2%. What does the future of interest rates means for you? |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Inflation Protected Bond (TIP) The iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund offers exposure to inflation protected Treasuries, one of the most popular options for protecting against inflation. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2010 Sean Williams |
Quantitative Easing: Knowing When to Say When Ben Bernanke's QE2 has all the makings of a long-term disaster. |
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Tearing Apart the Trade Deficit The Commerce Department released numbers for July's trade deficit, which was the highest deficit in 16 months. What made it so? |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2008 Rich Smith |
10 Questions for John Mauldin: Part 1 A top investor of 2007 discusses politics, loonies, and the R word. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Only Asset Worth Owning Today In a world in which the governments of industrialized nations (including, most prominently, the U.S.) are doing everything in their power to debase the value of their currencies, it would hardly be surprising to witness some shift into gold. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2008 David Lee Smith |
What's Spooking the Market? What's causing the equities markets to wake up in a funk on an almost daily basis? |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 John Reeves |
How to Fix Our Economy Here are three policy prescriptions that have been put forward by Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, and other economists. |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2005 Bill Mann |
New Year's 2016: How'd We Get Here? Starting at 2016, here's a look at the economic trends of the past decade and their implications on your current portfolio -- housing bubble burst... IraqOil... PetroChinaExxon... etc. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
A Massive Bet on Bank of America Why did hedge fund mastermind John Paulson make a huge investment in Bank of America? |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
Awash In Capital, But For How Long? It is time both to enjoy the success of real estate while it lasts, and also to prepare for a not-so-distant moment when its attraction compared to stocks and bonds grows considerably weaker. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Evan Simonoff |
Economy At An Inflection Point Just because rates haven't risen doesn't mean they won't. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2005 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- Ignore The Bubble Babble Despite what the alarmists contend, U.S. housing prices will continue to rise in 2006 and 2007. |