http://www.nabe.com/ NABE is an association of professionals who have an interest in business economics and who want to use the latest economic data and trends to enhance their ability to make sound business decisions. en-us Copyright 2007 National Association for Business Economics Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss made it from scratch brucek@bjkresearch.com brucek@bjkresearch.com 360 http://www.nabe.com/am2008/index.html Get a first look at the program and speakers for the 50th NABE Annual Meeting, "Addressing Future Econmic Challenges", October 4-7, 2008 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Speakers at the meeting include: Lawrence Summers, Harvard University; Edmund Phelps, Columbia University; Henry Kaufman, Henry Kaufman & Company; Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics; and Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board http://www.nabe.com/am2008/index.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48 GMT http://www.nabe.com/publib/news/08/06/index.html The June issue of NABE News is online, with stories about the annual meeting, the upcoming NABE elections, more on the history of NABE, and our regular features. http://www.nabe.com/publib/news/08/06/index.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:48 GMT http://www.nabe.com/publib/macsum.html Although housing and credit markets will gradually loosen their grip, U.S. economic growth is expected to only slowly return to health. While our panel anticipates an improvement in credit markets and a bottoming out in housing this year, the forecasters have marked down their estimates of growth for both 2008 and 2009. http://www.nabe.com/publib/macsum.html Mon, 19 May 2008 04:01 GMT http://www.nabe.com/publib/indsum.html Respondents to the April NABE Industry Survey were notably downbeat about their own companies and the overall economy. For the first time in five years, reports of falling profit margins outnumbered reports of rising margins in the first quarter of 2008, while demand at respondents’ firms grew more weakly than at any time since the recession of 2001. http://www.nabe.com/publib/indsum.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:01 GMT http://www.nabe.com/publib/be/0801/index.html The January issue of Business Economics is now online, with articles on forecasting recessions and real inventory, Nigeria, Inequality, and the regular features. http://www.nabe.com/publib/be/0801/index.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:07 GMT http://www.nabe.com/publib/news/08/04/08.html Read the April edition of NABE News for this look ahead at NABE's 2008 Professional Development Seminar. http://www.nabe.com/publib/news/08/04/08.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:07 GMT http://www.nabe.com/rt/tech/techevents.html The NABE Technology Roundtable teleconference with Kevin McCable, Director, Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics at The George Mason University, and Jason Zweig, author and writer Money Magazine and Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make you Rich, on "The Benefits of Neuroeconomics", is available as a podcast. http://www.nabe.com/rt/tech/techevents.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:32 GMT