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20 JunLetting Go

The lead should probably read "Not Letting Go," since we seem reluctant to release the brakes on the economy and let it roll. The U.S. economy has made progress since the trough of the Great Recession in 2009, but the recovery has been painfully slow. After a six-year hiatus, employment is just now returning to its pre-recession peak.

Volume: 22 - Number: 2

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Productivity, Compensation, and Inflation

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

16 MarLabor’s Turn

The Great Recession may be over, but it continues to cause suffering. Fifteen million people remain unemployed in the nation...An unfortunate characteristic of economic recoveries is that they occur in stages. Business output typically expands months before employers resume hiring.

Volume: 19 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Apportionment

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen

16 FebSomething New?

With all the talk of a "new economy," one has to believe that there might be something to it. The argument in logical: deregulation, lower taxes, better monetary policy, free trade, new information-based technologies have transformed the United States into a high-productivity and low-inflation economy.

Volume: 8 - Number: 1

Leading Index Title:

Special Topic Title: Economic Report Card

Authors:

  • Dick Conway
  • Doug Pedersen