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BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper |
The Economy: Drawing A Bead On The Future We put four key economic questions to 58 experts for a sneak peak at the year to come. |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Inflation Wild Cards Will Keep The Fed On Hold Demand, costs, and global forces raise new questions for prices. |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Stop Thinking Rate Cut, Start Thinking Rate Hike With economic growth rebounding, it's time to revise expectations. |
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 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability. |
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 James C. Cooper |
Stock Investors Seem To Hold The Winning Hand Data suggest a soft landing, not the recession the bond bulls fear. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Job Markets Will Decide The Fed's Next Move The low jobless rate, despite slower growth, heightens the inflation threat. |
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Rate Cuts: The Fed May Just Be Warming Up The half-point reduction isn't enough to erase the risk of recession. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster. |
BusinessWeek January 8, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Why The Market Isn't Listening To The Fed It's ignoring inflation warnings, but bets on lower rates may be too optimistic. |
Financial Advisor March 2007 Milton Ezrati |
Bonds & Stocks: Still De-Coupled The economic outlook is good, and that's not so good for bonds. Without the support of short-rate cuts, bonds have a less than inspired outlook; not especially negative, but not especially promising either, offering little more return than the coupon. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 James C. Cooper |
If Credit Markets Thaw, Recession Is Unlikely Growth will get squeezed, but housing will take the brunt. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Time To Wave Goodbye To A "Measured" Pace In an economy this strong, the Fed might need to hike rates faster |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 James C. Cooper |
On Guard Against Recession All signs suggest meager growth -- if that -- in the fourth quarter, with little improvement in early 2008; the Fed takes preemptive action by cutting a quarter-point off its target interest rate. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Exports: The Economy's Secret Weapon A narrowing trade gap will offset some of the housing-related weakness in the economy. |
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 February 26, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Gray Area In The Fed's Blue-Sky Forecast Further rate increases may be needed to tame a spirited economy. |
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Financial Fuel For The Economy's Engine Despite risks, U.S. financial conditions ranging from low interest rates, a declining dollar, and an upbeat stock market are the most supportive in many years. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Bernanke May Need To Dig Deeper Into His Toolbox It could take a broad rate cut to stabilize the markets and the economy. |
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Dollar's Decline Isn't A Downer A steep drop is unlikely, and there are advantages to a further slide. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Walking the Line The commercial real estate industry has the difficult task of preparing for the challenges ahead while economists are still attempting to divine those challenges. The good news is that commercial real estate fundamentals are improving in most markets and property sectors. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Savvy Moves That Should Soothe The Markets The Fed's quick and innovative response may avert the need to cut rates. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Walls Won't Come Tumbling Down Mortgage rates in 2005 will remain low enough to keep housing affordable. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Inflation Looks Tamer, But For How Long? Resilient demand and stronger growth will stoke new price pressures. |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis. |
BusinessWeek October 15, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outloook: The Waning Threat of Deflation The recovery is starting to reverse many trends putting downward pressure on prices and wages, paving the way for the Fed to begin tightening in 2010 |
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: An Economy This Warm Won't Cool On Its Own Robust growth may require the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates into 2006. |
BusinessWeek October 2, 2006 Peter Coy |
Stocks Can Handle The Housing Chill The numbers are scary. But history shows that the market can shrug them off. |
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 June 25, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Michael Mandel |
Bernanke's Dilemma The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 James C. Cooper |
Housing: The Roof Won't Collapse On The U.S. Economy As builders adjust their inventories, other sectors will offer plenty of support. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 James C Cooper |
Tipped Toward Recession The Fed seems to think inflation-recession forces are in balance, but softening labor markets, tighter lending standards, and nearly $100-a-barrel oil say otherwise. |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 James Mehring |
Inflation Takes A Backseat--For Now The Federal Reserve has put its inflation concerns on the back burner as it focuses on the financial markets and the potential risks they pose to economic growth. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy? |
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Rich Miller |
What Keeps Greenspan Up At Night The Fed chairman must fend off the threat of inflation without stealing momentum from the recovery. Can he walk that fine line? |
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Labor Is Keeping The Economy In Fighting Trim The job market looks healthy enough to power a strong second half. |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Inflation Fears Are Unfounded The Fed will have plenty of time to reverse its huge stimulus, as unused labor and production capacity prevent price pressures from building. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 James Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Fed Should Be in No Rush to Raise Rates Trading in the futures market already shows investors are betting the Fed will begin to lift its target interest rate within the coming year. But time is on Bernanke's side, and he won't want to jump the gun. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Patience At The Fed May No Longer Be A Virtue As economic growth accelerates, a 46-year-low fed funds rate of 1% is becoming impossible to maintain. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Evan Simonoff |
Deflation Or Inflation? Leading bond managers debate what's ahead. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2006 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy -- The (Still) Coming Slowdown U.S. economic growth won't finally 'buckle' until lenders cut back on 'foolish' home loans. |
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. |
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad |
Buckle Up! Next Year will be A Bumpy Ride. Maybe the best thing economists can say about the 2008 outlook for banks is that it won't be as bad as the third quarter of 2007. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
The Fed: Another Failure To Communicate? The Federal Reserve must convince the markets that higher interest rates can still accommodate growth |