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The Worst of All Outcomes: Inflation Plus Deflation
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BMA Editorial Team A
According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, inflation will not be an issue for a year or two, despite the huge recent increase in money supply. The recession has created so much spare manufacturing capacity that the price of goods cannot rise.
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Home Building Recovery Predicted for 2010
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BMA Editorial Team A
As economists look into their crystal balls, it appears that there certainly is a consensus. The winds of change are on their way to bring improvement in the area of new construction and, more specifically, new single-family construction.
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Recession Today: What Just Happened?
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BMA Editorial Team A
Because the effects of the recession today were so great and far reaching, many experts tried to get to the root of the problem. This prompted a lot of debate as to what actually caused the recession and the hows and whys of it even happening.
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Americans Hunkering Down for a Chilly Economy
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BMA Editorial Team A
The economy remains at the forefront of Americans' minds and tops the list of concerns. Despite the empirical evidence that the economy is on the mend, people across the country still feel the effects of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
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The Government and the Housing Market
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BMA Editorial Team A
The housing market has long been the measuring stick of how well the economy is doing or how badly it is doing. When the economy is good, houses are being built, banks are lending money, and people are buying houses.
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The Economist
If you want to know what the rest of the world is thinking, get the Economist, which is known for its insightful articles and analysis of politics, business, finance, science and culture.
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Financial Regulation: What Went Wrong?
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BMA Editorial Team A
Both of these examples show a clear trend in US economic policy: anti-regulation fervor has culminated in the removal of important financial laws. As loopholes have widened, systemic risk increased to unsustainable levels and caused recession.
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Rising Car Arson and Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone
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BMA Editorial Team A
Due to the recent economic slowdown which is evidenced by every indicator car and SUV owners with payments they cannot afford are turning to arson to break their debts. This isn't new, however as car arson (or torching) and insurance fraud have been going on for decades.
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Will the U.S. Economy Double Dip?
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BMA Editorial Team A
Even if we are indeed stabilized, we should still expect some sort of sell-off before we continue to advance. This market has been anything but normal, but history shows corrections need to occur before strength and confidence fully come back to the markets.
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A Green Degree Could Help Turn Red into Black
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Kevin Smith
One rule of thumb regarding history is that it tends to repeat itself. Are there any similarities between the current economic crisis, and the one of the early 1990s? The answer could be fascinating to virtually anyone interested in the economy, including those with a green degree.
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Mousenomics
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Robert (Bob) Cannon
When currencies are not tied to value, it is possible and probable that government will inflate the currency making the money worth less.
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Bretton Woods Revisited-the G20 Summit
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Anthony Wayne
This article looks back during the great depression when inflation made the currencies of many countries worthless which only exacerbated the effects of the global depression.
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Mr. Roach, is an ‘Economic Armageddon' still on the Horizon?
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Lorimer Wilson
Is what we are experiencing with the economy the beginning of the ‘Economic Armageddon' that Stephen Roach forecast for the U.S. in November 2004?
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What the Federal Reserve Doesn't Want You to Know
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Tone Garr
With the hyper-inflation on the way and gold being a limited resource the time to put your wealth in precious metals is now.
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Will the Economic Stimulus Package Work?
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Donald Fishgrab
The economic stimulus package is only a quick fix and will not produce sustained benefit unless small business is encouraged.
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Reflections for 2008, Predictions for 2009
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S. Housley
2008 was a year filled with great triumphs and a year scarred by deep sorrow. What 2008 was not, was a peaceful year, and whether the world is a better place, for having endured is unclear.
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