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The following article was originally published in the Center for Business and Economic Insight Fall 2020 Report. by Emma Fisher CBEI Student Research Assistant There is something extraordinary happening at…
The following article was originally published in the Center for Business and Economic Insight Fall 2020 Report. by Kurt Pflughoeft, Ph.D.Sentry Endowed Chair of Computational Analytics; Director of the Center…
Let’s continue with our Divisiveness and the Economic Challenges of 2021 series with Challenge #2 – Controlling U.S. Debt and Federal Budget Deficits. The Federal Deficit The federal budget deficit…
Unfortunately, the divisiveness in America is significant and undeniable. It stretches across politics, race, gender, religion and economic issues. This Center for Business and Economic Insight (CBEI) series takes a…
Well, it’s everybody’s favorite time of the year – election time. The divisions in America have perhaps never been greater. This blog may not lessen those divisions, but the goal…
Although a variety of factors influence the movement of interest rates, the Federal Reserve strongly influences the movement of interest rates through its policies. Through its “Open Market Operations” (the…
The Financial Crisis The graph below shows the U.S. unemployment rate over the period 2001–2010. After reaching a peak unemployment rate of 6.3% in June 2003 during the recession following…
First a little background on measuring economic growth. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) compiles and publishes Gross Domestic Product (GDP) statistics, which measures the U.S. output of goods and services and…
The Financial Crisis The United States began 2009 with arguably the worst economic landscape since the Great Depression, an economic scenario that began to unfold in late 2007. A tanking…
Overview First, a quick long-term overview on trends in business debt. The blue line in Chart 1 below shows the amount of outstanding nonfinancial corporate business debt securities and loans…