Economists

Business News

U.S. Recession Fears Are 'Overstated,' According to EY's Chief Economist. Here's Why.

EY economists expect three rate cuts, each of at least 25 basis points (bps) or 0.25%, in September, November, and December, during the three remaining scheduled meetings of the year.

Business News

Sticky Inflation and Job Market Tightening Will Push Fed to Hike Rates 4 Times in 2022: Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman, wrote in a note Sunday that the investment bank is predicting a fourth 25-basis-point rate hike in December of this year, up from an earlier projection of three.

Business News

Business Economists Expect Persistent Inflation: NABE Survey

A survey released on Dec. 6 by NABE shows that its panel of forecasters expects consumer prices to rise 6 percent in the final quarter of the year compared to the year-ago quarter.

Business News

Shipping Problems to Persist Through 2022 Amid Supply Chain Crisis: Economists

Roughly 77 ships are currently waiting outside docks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, carrying a staggering $24 billion worth of goods waiting to be offloaded, CNBC reported, citing economists at Goldman Sachs.

Finance

What's Choking India's Rise in Ease of Doing Business?

The government had earlier set the target for breaking into top 100 ranking this year, which the government has now failed to achieve, and top 50 ranking by 2018.

Growing a Business

Will Obamacare Still Spur Entrepreneurship? Economists Weigh In

Health reform's roll-out has had its problems, but three economists feel it still has a chance to boost small business growth.

Leadership

Ronald Coase, Lighthouses and Elon Musk

Many entrepreneurs may not know Ronald Coase, but their work has benefited from his ideas.

Starting a Business

The Economist at the Forefront of the Farm-to-Table Movement

This business analyst is an unlikely leader in the economics of food localization.