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Freight volumes to increase end of this year, says ATA chief economist
2015-10-19 16:59:20| Trucking - Topix.net
American Trucking Associations' Chief Economist Bob Costello said Sunday the trucking industry should see freight volumes increase toward the latter part of 2015. "Right now, we're in a bit of a soft patch because inventories are higher than one would expect," Costello said here during ATA's Management Conference & Exhibition.
Climate Concern Makes Some Oil Unburnable, Says BP Chief Economist
2015-10-13 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Some of the worlds oil will not be burned as a result of climate concerns, BPs chief economist said on Tuesday. Scientists have calculated around a third of proven oil reserves need to stay in the ground to hold global warming to 2C, the international goal. Spencer Dales remarks, in a speech to the Society of Business Economists in London, represented a rare acceptance of that analysis from the industry. "The oil market has changed very significantly over the past 10 or 15 years. Concerns...
This conservative economist makes the case for a carbon tax
2015-10-12 17:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: N. Gregory Mankiw is, if not a household name, a dorm-room one. His Principles of Economics textbook is the standard for most college intro-to-econ courses, with more than a million copies sold. A professor at Harvard, Mankiw teaches the universitys most popular undergraduate course, Econ. 10. Hes also well known in Republican circles. President George W. Bush named him chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in 2003, and in 2006, Mitt Romney brought on Mankiw as an economic adviser, a role...
The work of economist Angus Deaton
2015-10-12 17:38:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The work of Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton
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Talk of an Australian recession is overblown, says CBA economist Michael Workman
2015-09-21 02:56:34| Automakers - Topix.net
The probability of an Australian recession is estimated at only 10 per cent over the next year in the eyes of Commonwealth Bank of Australia economist Michael Workman. Even though no prominent economists have outright forecast a recession for the Australian economy, the collapse in commodity prices and slowing growth have prompted discussion around how bad conditions will become.
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