economics
Analyzing the Federal Reserve
Winter/spring schedule of lectures The Federal Reserve has said it will continue buying bonds until there’s substantial improvement in the U.S. labor markets. Furman economist Bruce Brown will talk about whether that’s a good idea...
Continue ReadingDoes fiscal policy work? Yes, says former Obama advisor
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 by Sara Morano ’14, Contributing Writer “The Recovery Act was not large enough!” The former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, spoke to a crowd of about 60...
Continue ReadingSchiff brings debt discussion down to earth
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 By Sara Morano '14, Contributing Writer “The shelves of Wal-Mart will be empty!” Just hours after the Congressional Super Committee announced it would not meet a midnight deadline for cutting $1.2 trillion...
Continue ReadingFurman students at APEC
Four Furman students and two professors are currently in Hawaii for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. As part of their duties at the conference, the students attended a meeting of the APEC Forum Finance...
Continue Reading- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 17
- 18
- 19