by Bob Polley | Feb 13, 2019 | articles
Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 2/11/2019 Whatever happened to the recession calls? Seems like just a few weeks ago that the correction in the stock market as well as the partial government shutdown had convinced many...
by Bob Polley | Jan 30, 2019 | articles
Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 1/28/2019 When it comes to monetary policy, one thing looks certain for 2019 – journalists, pundits, investors, and analysts will pay it way more attention than it deserves. The...
by Bob Polley | Jan 14, 2019 | articles
The Endless Debt Fret Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 1/14/2019 For the more than three decades we have been involved in analysis of the economy, one nagging constant has been pessimistic prognostications over the U.S....
by Bob Polley | Jan 8, 2019 | articles
No Sign of Recession Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief EconomistDate: 1/7/2019 Talk about destroying a narrative. On Friday, the Labor Department reported 312,000 new jobs in December, with an additional 58,000 from upward revisions to...
by Bob Polley | Nov 20, 2018 | articles
“Fading” Fiscal Stimulus; Really? Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 11/19/2018 Fed Chair Jerome Powell and others have started a new narrative about economic “headwinds.” They think past rate hikes,...
by Bob Polley | Nov 6, 2018 | articles
Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist | Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 11/5/2018 Growth is determined by a perpetual tug-of-war between entrepreneurship and government redistribution. When President Obama was in office, we believed incredible technological...
