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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Productivity Isn't The Villain -- It's The Hero While some may blame increased productivity for a loss of jobs, productivity will ultimately make things better for everyone. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: This Time, Fed Tightening Shouldn't Make You Tense With jobs strong and inflation low, the economy is in fine shape |
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Weak Payrolls Mask A Tightening Job Market How companies handle rising labor costs will affect future inflation. |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America. |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity? |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year. |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Earnings Season Is About To Get Chilly A softer economy and sagging margins will sap profits this year. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Businesses are Betting on a Happy New Year Companies feel better about the future and are ready to expand. They seem to like what they see -- especially the rebound in consumer spending and the lower dollar, which will provide a boost to exports and profits. |
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market? |
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Economy: Is Corporate America Too Lean? After three years of cutbacks, it may not be ready for stronger demand. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: That Delicious Smell? It's The Economy Cooking Robust capital spending and profits, plus job growth, are now being served |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Greater Expectations for Second-Half GDP Growth Economists are raising their second-half forecasts to 2% to 3%, a pace that would increase the chances for a sustainable economic recovery. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Miller & Coy |
The Power Of Productivity: Why This Recovery Will Roll On The economy is in a sweet spot that should keep inflation at bay for some time. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Why Profits Are Defying Gravity A broader trend in corporate profits bears watching as the year develops. More pricing power and better foreign earnings will fuel the bottom line. |
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy |
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Economy Gets Some Get-Up-and-Go The recovery is gaining momentum as rate and tax cuts kick in |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. GDP Revisions: The Recovery's Lift Is Slower For Workers The much anticipated U.S. rewrite of economic history hardly alters perceptions of the recent past. But the data do give reasons to be optimistic about the future. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Productivity Productivity figures released by the BLS provide a rare look at the quality of economic activity within the economy. Keeping track of changes in productivity levels can give you an indication of the sustainability of economic growth that other types of economic data can't duplicate. |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Corporate America Reaches Its Fighting Weight Trim, flush, and productive, businesses are ready to answer growing demand. |
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Oh, What A Difference A Month Can Make With the March jobs report, the economy looks a lot stronger than expected |
CIO May 15, 2001 |
The Great Debate: I.T. & Productivity Two sides of the heated debate over productivity increases due to information technology. |
CFO December 1, 2006 Edward Teach |
A Productive Debate Significant or not, the gap between pay and productivity is a subject that won't go away, particularly now that control of Congress is passing to the labor-friendly Democratic Party. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Brian Grow |
Profits: All's Well That Ends Well The odds were against solid quarterly profits -- and yet, thanks to a favorable swing in the dollar and further steps by companies to cut costs and boost productivity, Corporate America kept the earnings recovery on track in the second quarter. |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Second-Half Recovery Could Be Fleeting Output may rise to slow inventory depletion, but gains won't be sustainable without stronger consumer spending. Trouble is, job markets remain weak. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Job Market Is Stronger Than It Looks Growth in other employment measures belies the weak payroll numbers |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow. |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending. |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Yawning Trade Gap Could Swallow the Recovery Stronger demand will lift imports as weakness abroad pummels exports |
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Manufacturing Looks A Lot Healthier This Year Production is up -- but industry's long-term problems haven't gone away. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Gary S. Becker |
The Productivity Boom Is Just Warming Up In the past, productivity almost always fell during recessions because both labor and capital were underutilized as output sagged. But the apparent paradox of the past few years is that labor productivity has grown even more rapidly since 2000 than in the '90s. |
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 James C. Cooper |
The Fed May Not Have Long To Catch Its Breath The trend in labor costs suggests it might need to resume hiking rates. |
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Michael Mandel |
The Real Threat Isn't Housing If productivity growth keeps sliding, a widespread crisis could be next. |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Coming Battle Between Profits And Prices Pricing power is rising, but so are costs, and that will soon squeeze margins. |
BusinessWeek October 8, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why the Earnings Forecast Is Upbeat With productivity skyrocketing and labor costs plunging, profits will post strong growth in coming quarters now that demand is beginning to turn up. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Rich Miller |
The Firepower In Consumers' Pockets Why they'll keep spending despite the job market |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Job Creation Isn't A Problem, But Oil Might Be Job growth is positive but consumer spending may be down because of increasing gasoline prices. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
Ready to Say "Help Wanted"? Surging demand should spur a second-half spike in hiring. |
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Say Goodbye To High Growth And Low Inflation The economic Eden of the late 1990s and early 2000s is slowly fading. |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Big Business Is A Big Spender Again A broad-based capital-spending recovery is solidly under way. And history shows that once a capital-spending recovery gains momentum, it takes a lot to slow it down. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
Where Are The Jobs? Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated |