Aaron Nathans
Using the Business Cycle to Manage Your Investments
In his recent lecture as part our Summer Speakers Series, our senior research fellow Bob Hughes looks at how corporate earnings and equity prices performed during business cycles.
OLLI’s University Day at AIER
The sorts of lectures and discussions enjoyed by participants of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will be offered to the general public at OLLI’s “University Day” on Wednesday.
Strong Consumer Spending, Weak Business Investment
Consumer strength has been offsetting weak business investment, but this weakness could be laying the foundation for a surprise uptick in economic growth in the second half of 2016, according to the August edition of Business Conditions Monthly, out today from the American Institute for Economic Research.
Teaching the Unemployment Rate, and Its Limitations
With the new batch of jobs numbers about to come out, a group of high school teachers last week gained a lesson in how that rate is calculated, so that they can teach it to their students.
Fending Off Godzilla: How Small Businesses Survive
Big and small businesses can learn to live side by side, our Max Gulker said at a recent edition of our Summer Speakers Series.
Top Economists to Speak at AIER
Three prominent economists will present free lectures at the American Institute for Economic Research’s scenic campus, speaking on the economics of climate change, ObamaCare and health-care reform, and the history that led up to Brexit. They will be part of AIER’s second annual Distinguished Speaker Series. The first is Monday, July 25.
2.4 Trillion Reasons to Keep an Eye on Inflation
Our Summer Speaker Series last week featured our research fellow, Jia Liu, speaking about her research to develop a forecast for inflation.
Three Reasons to Delay Your Social Security Benefits
There are good reasons for most Americans to delay receiving Social Security benefits until age 70, even it means living off your savings for a few years, says financial planner Luke Delorme.
The Changing Link Between Economic Growth and Jobs
It’s a relationship that economists and policymakers have long perceived as a given: Gross Domestic Product and the unemployment rate tend to move in unison. So during recessions, people lose their jobs, and once output turns around, hiring picks back up. But in a fascinating presentation, our Polina Vlasenko shows how this relationship is beginning…
A Modest Boost of Consumer Confidence
As we continue to sort out a tangle of conflicting economic signals, we received some heartening news on consumer confidence yesterday. The data from The Conference Board was compiled before Britain’s vote to leave the European Union last week, so it’s hard to know whether the vote will change things in the next reading.
