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Is It Time to Refinance Your Mortgage?
Today’s record-low mortgage rates offer stunning and unexpected bargains. If you have thoughts of buying or refinancing, it’s worth shopping around now. Sometimes we do get second, third and fourth...
Indicators Still Signal Recovery - Business Cycle Conditions August 2010
Though still expanding, some of our statistical indicators show troubling signs of weakness. Weakness among the primary leading indicators of business-cycle conditions shows that the recovery has not...
August 2010: Percent of Leaders Expanding Remains at 100; Cyclical Score of Leaders Increases to 94
Though still expanding, some of our statistical indicators show troubling signs of weakness. Weakness among the primary leading indicators of business-cycle conditions shows that the recovery has not...
Whose Side Are the Regulators On?
Now that a financial reform bill (all 2,300 or so pages of it) has been signed into law, the question is whether regulators will have any more success the next time things get out of hand. Professor Edward...
Green Dreams vs. the Energy Dilemma
The Gulf oil spill disaster and April’s deadly coal mining accident in West Virginia have reminded us that the great scale of our energy use entails risks and costs beyond what we pay for a gallon of...
Polina Vlasenko Draws Attention to the Downside of New Credit Card Legislation
Research Fellow Polina Vlasenko highlights the impact new credit card legislation will have on responsible borrowers in the July 28 issue of The Washington Times. Her full quotation is below: Polina...
Research Institute Finds Huge Disconnect Between Vision of Green Energy Economy and Reality of U.S. Energy Use
As the Obama Administration continues to push for a moratorium on deepwater drilling and announces $2 billion in stimulus funds for solar energy companies, a new analysis by the American Institute for...
AIER President Quoted in The Fiscal Times
AIER President and CEO Charles Murray is quoted in a recent Fiscal Times article entitled "Consumer Debt Numbers Improve Despite Rise in Mortgage Delinquencies." Click here to read the full article....
Researcher D'Amica Interviewed by Springfield Republican for Unemployment Article
Research Associate Kenneth D'Amica was interviewed by the Springfield Republican for the article "Springfield unemployment up; Massachusetts home sales way up." His reference in the article appears below:...
Research Fellow Vlasenko Quoted in Westminister Herald
Research Fellow Polina Vlasenko has been quoted in an article for the Westminister Herald (CA). The article addresses how the European crisis may affect car loans in the United States. Read her quotation...
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