News and Notes
7/19
NABE’s July 2010 Industry Survey confirms that the U.S. recovery continued through the second quarter, although at a slower pace than earlier in the year. NABE members can read the full survey online. There is a summary available to the public.
7/17
NABE is pleased to introduce NABE Perks, the member discount program of the National Association for Business Economics. NABE members: to take advantage of your discounts, click here. Others: for more information on NABE Perks, including how to become a NABE Perks Partner, click here.
5/24
NABE Outlook: U.S. Recovery Approaches One-Year Anniversary in Good Shape - NABE panelists marked up their predictions for economic growth in 2010 and expect performance to exceed its long-term trend this year and next. NABE members can read the full report online. There is a summary available to the public
4/25
NABE’s April 2010 Industry Survey confirms that the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession continues, with business conditions improving. Members can read the full survey online. There is a summary available for the public.
4/4
The April issue of Business Economics is now online at Palgrave, featuring articles on the financial crises, the housing market boom and bust, inflexible wages and prices, Victorian financial crises, stress testing economic data, and techniques to analyze complex problems. See the abstracts here. NABE members can follow the link for free acess to the articles; non-members can purchase articles online.
3/7
The March 2010 National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Policy Survey reveals that two-thirds of the respondents believe that Federal Reserve monetary policy is appropriate at the moment. However, a majority believes that a rise in interest rates is both likely and appropriate in the next several months. More
2/22
The expansion is on track for a resumption of job gains in the near term and sustained growth over the next two years that will slightly exceed the economy’s trend pace. NABE panelists characterize the outlook as largely a traditional economic recovery—with sizable gains in discretionary spending by businesses and households—though still restrained by past wealth losses and excessive indebtedness. NABE members can read the full report online. A summary is available for the public.
1/25
NABE’s January 2010 Industry Survey provides new evidence that the U.S. recovery from the Great Recession continues, albeit at a slow pace. NABE members can read the full survey online. A summary is available to the public.
11/26
Added some more links to the Economics Blog page
11/24
EconJobs.org is the new NABE Jobs Center
11/22
Reaffirming last month’s call that the Great Recession is over, NABE panelists have marked up their predictions for economic growth in 2010 and expect performance to exceed its long-term trend. NABE members can read the full survey online. There is a summary for the public.
10/25
NABE’s October 2009 Industry Survey provides new evidence that the U.S. recovery is underway. The full survey is online for NABE members. A summary is available for the public.
10/23
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Economic Education group is sponsoring its first-ever YouTube contest for college students. The Bank is seeking online videos that illustrate one or more of these three economic concepts for a high school audience: scarcity, factors of production, or opportunity cost. The contest begins Oct. 23, 2009, and runs through Dec. 18, 2009. See the St. Louis Fed for more info
8/18
The August edition of NABE News is online.
We've updated the Economic Blog links page. We've also introduced a Sharing bar at the bottom of that page and selected pages through the site - to let you post NABE information on your own blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and the like.
NABE’s July 2009 Industry Survey provides new evidence that the U.S. recession is abating, but few signs of an immediate recovery. Members can read the full survey online. A summary is available to the public.
There's a new search engine for the NABE website - it comes from Google, and searches work just like Google searches.
6/18
NABE members can learn about the candidates in this year's election for NABE officers.
5/31
We've made some additions to the Economic Blogs links
5/27
The Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) announces the annual Geoffrey H. Moore Award for business cycle research to encourage original research into economic cycles in the tradition established by ECRI’s late founder, Dr. Geoffrey H. Moore. The award consists of a $5000 cash prize for the best research paper utilizing international business cycle chronologies. Submissions will be accepted by all except ECRI employees and research associates.
4/20
The St. Louis Fed has posted a video of Raghuram G. Rajan, the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business giving the Homer Jones Lecture at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis "The Credit Crisis and Cycle Proof Regulation".
4/18
To quickly jump to the Members Portal, look for the navigation tab on the left side of most pages.
3/26
Sad news to report. Edmund Mennis, longtime editor of Business Economics, and one of the founding members of NABE, passed away on March 18. Read the obituary that will be in the Los Angeles Times her. We will have more in the upcoming NABE News
2/23
The steady drumbeat of weak economic and financial market data has made business economists decidedly more pessimistic on the economic outlook for the next several quarters. NABE members can read the full survey here. A summary is available to the public.
2/17
The February edition of NABE News is online
1/26
NABE’s January 2009 Industry Survey depicts the worst business conditions since the survey began in 1982, confirming that the U.S. recession deepened in the fourth quarter of 2008. NABE members can read the entire survey online. A summary is available for the public.
1/18
A write-up of the NABE sessions at the ASSA meeting is online.
1/4
More information on the program for the 2009 Washington Economic Policy Conference is now online.
12/16
The December issue of NABE News is online, with a look at the upcoming Policy Conference, news of the data agencies, member profiles, and all our regular features.
12/14
The October issue of Business Economics is online, with articles by Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, Edward Lazear, Matthias Fifka, Claire Starry and Gerald Bernstein, Nayantara Hensel, Richard Koss, Andrew Gross and Jozsef Poor.
