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...percent more to reach 2.6 million, their 2002 level - "the last time the market was normal," says David Crowe, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders.For now, the industry is building faster than it's hiring. In...
...a true leader, prompting other states to look "North to the Future."? Thorning is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization advocating tax...
...retailing environment? Or is it just more of the same: shoppers were driven by need," said Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers.Stores certainly benefited from people shopping for supplies and...
...different form the U.S.," said Simon Johnson, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former chief economist at the International Monetary fund. "Certainly if you were proposing precipitating immediate austerity in the U...
...If that's a cult, then maybe Jeffress should sign up for some lessons.? Morici is a professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and former chief economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission.
...robust, households do continue to spend and provide moderate support for the overall economy," said Steven Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics.For all of 2011, sales totaled a record $4.7 trillion. That was a gain of nearly 8 percent...
...weak economy out there," said David Wyss, former chief economist at Standard & Poor's.For now, the report on U...to dodge a U.S. recession," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.Zandi forecasts growth of...
...of all possible worlds," says Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at IHS Global Insight. "Slashing even for a couple...further slowing economic growth. Sherry Cooper, chief economist at BMO Financial Group, says the rating agencies...
...create more jobs. Liberal economists say the stimulus didn't work because it was too small and too slow. Obama's chief economist at the time it was designed, the now-departed Christina Romer, wanted at least $1.2 trillion; and Rep. David...
...A couple of years ago this would have been significant for us; it could have been real bad," Lynn Westfall, chief economist for Tesoro. "Now, the situation is more of a timing and logistics issue in getting the crude." Analysts don't...