Business Economics articles from July 1989

Business Economics archives from July 1989

The world's workers, consumers and savers.
July 1, 1989... The World's Workers, Consumers and Savers very subtle and often imperceptible influences ALTHOUGH CULTURAL and economic differences among countries can account for subtle differences in such factors as the age of entry into the labor force,...

Trends in American Economic Growth: 1929-1982.
July 1, 1989... Trends In America Economic Growth: 1929-82 ONE OF THE major problems - some would say the major problem - facing the U.S. economy is the falloff in the rate of productivity growth after 1973. This decline resulted in a slowing in the growth...

Markets or Governments: Choosing Between Imperfect Alternatives.
July 1, 1989... Markets or Governments: Choosing Between Imperfect Alternatives HAVE YOU BEEN looking for a book that gives a complete but nontechnical discussion of the economic role of both markets and government in our economy? This small but balanced...

Small Island Economies: Structure and Performance in the English-Speaking Caribbean Since 1970.
July 1, 1989... Small Island Economies: Structure and Performance in the English-Speaking Caribbean since 1970 DELISLE WORRELL, the director of economic research at the Central Bank of Barbados, has written a thoughtful book that will be of value to...

The saving solution.
July 1, 1989... The Savings Solution IN RECENT YEARS it has become very popular among economists to blame many of the ills of the U.S. economy on a shortfall of savings. Thus, savings has often been the whipping boy for such intractable problems as...

Analyzing consumer spending and debt.
July 1, 1989... Analyzing Consumer Spending and Debt THE OFFICIAL TROUGH in the last recession was November, 1982. However, months before that date, consumers had already indicated that they would be the first "spenders" out of the gate, initializing what...

Consumers to play a supportive, not a leading role.
July 1, 1989... Consumers to Play a Supportive, Not Leading Role CONSUMER SPENDING, the largest component of the economy, has grown over the years faster than the overall economy. Last year, consumer spending represented 65 percent of GNP, 5 1/2 percentage...

The information industry: a new portrait.
July 1, 1989... The Information Industry: A New Portrait WHEN MANY PEOPLE think information, they think IBM or AT&T. Together, these two firms constitute 20 percent of the information industry. However, at the other end of the spectrum, an estimated 25,000...

Leverage risk in the nonfinancial corporate sector.
July 1, 1989... Leverage Risk in the Nonfinancial Corporate Sector DURING THE RECENT economic expansion, the nonfinancial corporate sector accumulated debt rapidly, initially in response to rising business investment and then to corporate restructurings that...

Recent developments in economic statistics at the Federal Reserve: part 2.
July 1, 1989... Recent Developments in Economic Statistics at the Federal Reserve: Part 2 THE MONETARY AGGREGATES(*) THE MONETARY AGGREGATES have for some time been an integral part of the design and implementation of monetary policy by the Federal...

The business economist at work: Overseas Shipholding Group.
July 1, 1989... The Business Economist at Work: Overseas Shipholding Group THE OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP (OSG) is primarily engaged in the ocean transportation of liquid and dry bulk cargoes in both the worldwide and self-contained U.S. markets. The...

The statistics corner: statistics and 1992 in Europe.
July 1, 1989... The Statistics Corner: Statistics and 1992 in Europe GROWING ATTENTION is being paid to the market unification in Europe that has been labeled "1992" because of the target of removing trade barriers and administrative restrictions by the end...

The PC corner: statistical software for economists: Macintosh. (personal computer)
July 1, 1989... The PC Corner: Statistical Software for Economists: Macintosh MOST BUSINESS economists who use microcomputers are undoubtedly IBM or IBM-compatible users. The majority of statistical packages have been written for these machines and most...