In an interview with Boston University The edgeKevin GallagherProfessor of Global Development Policy at BU’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Director of BU Global Center for Development Policy (GDP Center), talked about his new book – The case for a new Bretton Woods – and the need to overhaul the global economic […]
PHOENIX, February 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — While recent economic research details the direct link between the Internet ecosystem and economic growth through Arizonaa trio of ArizonaLondon-based business owners have joined a national coalition, Internet for Growth, to tell how their businesses have benefited from the internet’s unique ability to connect businesses and consumers. The Economic […]
Workers on site (photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photo Office) Recently, Patrick Purcell, Jr. of the New York State Labourers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust and Assemblywoman Karines Reyes author of an editorial regarding the Road Excavation Quality Assurance Act (REQAA) and its potential to positively impact the environment, the economy and the workforce. The room — […]
TBS Report February 27, 2022, 12:20 p.m. Last modification: February 27, 2022, 12:27 p.m. Photo: courtesy “> Photo: courtesy The Center for Economic Studies (ESC) at the University of Dhaka organized the first panel discussion of the week-long 4th Bangladesh Economic Summit on Saturday. The discussion focused on “The digital promise and the role of […]
Comment I’m not one to subscribe to conspiracies. But it seems really strange how we got here. Just over a decade ago, Hank Paulson went to Congress and demanded a “bazooka”-sized bailout to calm global financial markets. They offered a price of $700 billion. At the time, a number that size was unknown. Today, Washington […]
Freddie Mac Mortgage Rates – February 24, 2022 What happened to mortgage rates this week: Freddie Mac’s fixed rate for a 30-year loan fell this week as geopolitical uncertainty weakened 10-year Treasury yields. The rate on a 30-year loan registered 3.89%, down 3 basis points from last week’s peak. As the world reacts to developments […]
The global multilateral economic system has been tested twice in this century. The first time was with the global economic crisis of 2008; the second – with the COVID-19 pandemic. And the results are not good. As more than six million lives were lost across the world, the deteriorating climate continued to take a greater […]
MONROVIA — The Liberia Economic Policy Dialogue activity launched a four-day training workshop for key civil society organizations in Monrovia. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the training, which is led by the Accra-based African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), aims to increase the technical skills of selected local CSOs to […]
Author: Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute Entering its second year, the Biden administration has failed to produce a coherent economic policy for the Indo-Pacific. Meanwhile, two major regional trade deals are moving forward. American businesses and workers will increasingly suffer legal economic discrimination from these new regional trade rules road — the Comprehensive and Progressive […]
The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the global economic crisis of 2008; the second – with the COVID-19 pandemic. And the results are not good. As more than six million lives were lost across the world, the deteriorating climate continued to take a greater […]
This article first appeared in The conversation. Economists and policy makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy works and what determines success. Analytical frameworks and government policies systematically neglect the role of space and geography in favor of national averages and sector plans. Yet growing evidence from around the […]
by Dan Mundt Coalition Director Visits Supervisors Adam Schweers, chairman of the Highway 30 Coalition and former mayor of Carroll, visited the Crawford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Schweers provided an update on the group’s goal to expand Interstate 30 to four lanes throughout Iowa. He said the coalition has been around for about […]
Sandton Skyline. Image by Infrastructure Photos Eeconomists and policy makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy works and what determines success. Analytical frameworks and government policies systematically neglect the role of space and geography in favor of national averages and sector plans. Yet growing evidence from around the world […]
© Shutterstock U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) on Tuesday announced his new “Business and Economic Roundtable,” which aims to help local business leaders work together and navigate his economic policy. The panel is made up of 17 members from the five counties that make up Kelly’s congressional district. Members also represent key industries in the […]
In last week’s State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa ventured to utter a few words that exposed the naïveté of the politician and his office. The offensive words were: “We all know the government doesn’t create jobs. Businesses create jobs. Of course, these comments were consistent with ANC economic strategy, but the politician […]
Olugbenga Jaiyesimi Published February 15, 2022 Two weeks ago, two interesting articles appeared. The first of a group, Arewa Youth Assembly, calling on private sector actors to join the 2023 presidential race. This is surprising because the call comes from a region whose government affairs we say is its heart of job. The young people […]
Progressive politician Rep. Mikie Sherill (D-CD 11) voted with fellow House Liberals and the Biden administration last week to pass the so-called America Competes Act. Republican congressional candidate Paul DeGroot of Pine Brook said Sherrill’s vote would not boost America’s global competitiveness and do little to help the United States compete with China.“Congress can put […]
A former Conservative Treasury minister weighed in on the government’s economic policy on Monday, calling the level of interest rates “ridiculous” and its handling of the budget “crazy”. Lord Jim O’Neill, who was appointed to government by David Cameron and George Osborne in 2015, argued that the government should spend much more on education, health […]
Economics Writing: Attributes Many formulas, lemmas and proofs are used in the speech. There are many styles of writing. There are many styles of writing. Some are technical and dry while others are more eloquent. Economic writing is different from other types of writing. It is technical and has a main objective of clarity. A […]
Q4 2021 Home ownership and vacancy What happened this quarter: The country’s 83.5 million homeowner households have pushed the home ownership rate to 65.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021, up slightly from the third quarter and down 0.3 percentage points from the same quarter in 2020, as the economy and housing markets continue to […]
Waterfall vs. Agile: A Change in Economic Policy Perspectives Every year, the Indian Ministry of Finance publishes an overview of the economy. Any serious student of Indian economics will want to spend some time with this report, but it also helps amateurs like me keep up to date. the Economic Survey 2021-22 is now available. […]
FEBRUARY 01, 2022 (NewsRx) — By a News Reporter – Staff News Editor at Daily Insurance News — Findings from research on economics – economic policy are discussed in a new report. According to reports from Fairfax, Virginiaby the editors of NewsRx, the research said, “We use administrative data to provide evidence that notification of […]
In an environment of extreme uncertainty, the study highlights the effectiveness of the government’s unique policy response to enable India’s rapid economic recovery. The chapter on the state of the economy of the Economic Survey 2021-2022 begins with an analysis of preliminary estimates released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) placing India’s real GDP growth […]