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BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Rich Miller |
The Unreliable Predictive Power of Bond Yields Bond investors follow interest rates as predictors of financial crises, but it turns out they're a poor indicator.   |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Laurence J. Kotlikoff |
A Hidden Fiscal Crisis A noted U.S. economist says debt figures seriously understate long-term budget problems in the United States |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Peter Coy |
U.S. Economy: The Case for More Stimulus The worst thing about the uptick in hiring? It could undermine a second wave of federal spending that may be needed to stave off a double-dip recession. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2010
Peter Coy |
Greece: How the Bond Vigilantes Left It in Ruins Now, Europe is under pressure to rescue the Greeks while keeping other EU members in line. |
U.S. Banker
February 2011
Levy & Thiruvadanthai |
The Misguided Hysteria Over Public Debt Contrary to popular perception, government spending is not a drag on the economy. Slashing the federal deficit now would lead to a double-dip recession and plunging tax revenues. |
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 |
BusinessWeek
March 4, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Slashing the Deficit without Massive Tax Hikes President Obama has asked a high-level commission to come up with ways to shrink the shortfall drastically by 2015. Doing so won't be painless...but it's possible |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Why Obama's Scared of a Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package Rather than come out swinging with a trillion-dollar stimulus that might push international confidence in the dollar to a tipping point, President-elect Obama keeps the plan at $775 billion. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
U.S. Banker
May 2010 |
Overspending Threatens Economic Recovery Consumers began to save and the government issued a tax cut. Now spending by both is on the rise again. Unless tough choices are made, this won't end well. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
Finance & Development
September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Financial Repression Redux Governments are once again finding ways to manipulate markets to hold down the cost of financing debt. |
Finance & Development
December 2010
Baldacci et al. |
Getting Debt under Control In dealing with the aftermath of the Great Recession, policymakers must pay attention to the mix of austerity policies. |
BusinessWeek
June 22, 2011
Peter Coy |
How to Save Greece Debt doesn't have to spell disaster. A solution to Europe's crisis exists - and it's worked before. |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Mario Mesquita |
Great Expectations Brazil's economic success has raised the bar for that country, at home and abroad. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Goldman's Jan Hatzius Goldman Sachs's chief U.S. economist offers his views on inflation and the budget deficit |
Reason
May 2009
Brian Doherty |
Storm Ahead While past performance is no guarantee of future bad results, the effects of the current type of economic crisis, as opposed to a typical recession, tend to be grim and long-lasting. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Arminio Fraga |
Monetary Policy During the Transition to a Floating Exchange Rate: Brazil's Recent Experience The financial crisis that erupted in Asia in 1997 quickly spread to other developing regions, as international investors panicked and pulled their capital out. In this article, the governor of Brazil's central bank outlines the steps Brazil took to avert financial disaster when inflows of private foreign capital suddenly dried up. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Mike Dorning |
Obama's Budget and Its Discontents To Republican free-market purists, Obama's 2012 budget priorities smack of Keynesian interventionism. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Mark Horton |
How Grim a Fiscal Future? For most advanced economies, both the near term and the longer term are tight, but there are ways to ease budget pressures |
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
Peter Coy |
Greece Rattles the Euro Zone Athens' budget deficits are damaging its credit rating and will test the solidity of the EU's monetary union. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Nate Weisshaar |
Will Your Portfolio Catch the Greek Contagion? This isn't to say that the U.S. is going to be the next Greece, but in order to address our own fiscal shortcomings, Americans will face decisions not unlike Greece's. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010
Miller & Kennedy |
Suddenly, the U.S. Is Where the Optimism Is While the U.S. economy may prove surprisingly strong in 2011, the cost of that growth could be increased friction with other countries. |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2009
Peter Coy |
What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decade By studying how Tokyo dealt with its decade-long slump, Washington may be able to avoid Japan's mistakes and engineer a quicker recovery. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Laura D'Andrea Tyson |
Jobs Now, Deficit Reduction Later The U.S. economy still needs fiscal stimulus. Attack the debt once demand returns. |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2009
Peter Coy |
Why the Fed Isn't Igniting Inflation Yes, the Fed is expanding the money supply. But any inflationary effect will be offset by consumers' new frugality. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Finger & Sadikov |
Lowering Public Debt Many countries have slashed their public debt ratios in the past, often thanks to macroeconomic conditions. They may be less lucky in the future. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
Reason
May 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point. |
Finance & Development
September 2009
Koshy Mathai |
Back to Basics: What Is Monetary Policy? MONETARY policy has lived under many guises. But however it may appear, it generally boils down to adjusting the supply of money in the economy to achieve some combination of inflation and output stabilization. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Tom Samuels |
Is the Recovery Real? Professional investors' opinions about the future of stocks and the economy have rarely been as divergent as right now. The gap between bulls and bears has widened to a chasm. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Caroline Baum |
Commentary: The Good Old Bad Days It's easy to be nostalgic for the 1990-91 recession that gave way to the Clinton boom. What will it take to ignite that kind of growth today? |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2009
Michael Mandel |
Economic Recovery: What the Economists Say Harvard's Rogoff says economists deserve a portion of the blame for this crisis. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Why the Obama Plan Is Working Polls say the economy is heading in the wrong direction. Markets say it's back on track. This time, the markets are right. |
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
April 29, 2010
Daniel Kruger |
Where Have All the Bond Vigilantes Gone? Governments are borrowing more than ever, yet rates remain low |
Reason
May 2009
Flynn & Summers |
Failed States After a long spending binge, governors go begging for a handout. It won't be their last. |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
J. Michael Martin |
A Sensible Strategy Here are six suggestions for investing in the new economic reality. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why the U.S. Can't Inflate Its Way Out of Debt This country is in piles of debt. Projections for how much more we could load on in the coming decades are downright nightmarish. You think it's bad now? Just wait. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2011
Gary Cassady |
How to Trade Budget Cuts With the economy still in such dire straits, it is unclear exactly what effect spending cuts will have on the recovering economy. |
Finance & Development
December 2009
Baldacci & Gupta |
Fiscal Expansions: What Works There is a firm link between the composition of fiscal policy and the length of a financial crisis. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Edward Teach |
How Bad Will It Get? The subprime-mortgage meltdown is strikingly similar to major financial crises in other countries. Will the aftermath be as costly? |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
Thawing Out Expect the slow economic recovery to continue in 2011. |
Inc.
June 2008
Joseph E. Stiglitz |
Guest Speaker: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Stagflation Redux Rising prices amid a sputtering economy? We've been here before. Here's how businesses should prepare. |
Reason
January 2009
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel |
The Fed's Binge How the Federal Reserve engineered the most dramatic peacetime experiment in monetary and fiscal stimulus in U.S. history without anyone noticing |
BusinessWeek
November 25, 2009
Jane Sasseen |
The Slow Road to Jobs In recent recessions, employment has taken longer and longer to return. Why this lag may be the longest |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Jennifer Ryan |
As Cameron Wields the Ax, Britain Cringes The Prime Minister's $130 billion spending-cut plan is in full swing, and Britons are uneasy |
