Where will this economic road lead us?
When considering the economic business cycle, one way to think about it is like the four seasons of the weather. The cycle starts with a...
2017 Year-end summary and a 2018 projection
2017 was an incredible year: we saw stock market valuations and indexes at all-time highs, a continuing rebound in real estate prices,...
Will Janet Yellen serve another term as Fed Chair?
Janet Yellen’s current term as Federal Reserve Chairperson will expire in February 2018. On Twitter, President Donald Trump stated that...
Toys R Us Bankruptcy – more to come?
It’s as inevitable as father time – another brick and mortar store bites the dust as retailers deal with the all-encompassing reach and...
The Business Cycle is Laboring to Maintain Steam
This upcoming Labor Day weekend, think how a change in economic conditions might impact your personal situation. Are you working in an...
Fundamentals in Business
The business cycle is a critical and fundamental element of macroeconomics. It is the basis of many economic decisions and the primary...
The Stock Market is affected by the Business cycle
The stock market has a 36-year cycle that is extremely sensitive to the 9-year business cycle, and is affected by the expansion-recession...
What’s Next for Business?
The business cycle is a critical and fundamental element of macroeconomics. It is the basis of many economic decisions, and the primary...
The Juglar Cycle (the business cycle length)
Joseph Schumpeter, who defined the length and phases of the business cycle in his classic 1939 book Business Cycles, stated that there...
Should the 1990s be called “The Great Expansion?”
Expansions represent the upward phase of the business cycle. As such, they occur with the same regularity and the same periodicity as...
