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  1. 2012 Presidential Election: A Look Back at Where the Economy Was Four Years Ago

    Mon, 5 Nov 2012

    Brothers had declared bankruptcy. It was the largest in U.S. history. A couple of months later, in December 2008, the National Bureau of Economics Research's ( NBER ) Business Cycle Dating Committee announced that the recession began one year earlier . The committee announced in September

  2. Popular Kids Paid More As Adults, Study Finds

    Wed, 24 Oct 2012

    In earning power, kings rule. That's the conclusion of four scholars writing under the aegis of National Bureau of Economic Research (the entity that decides, officially, when recessions start and end). Their paper, 'Popularity

  3. The Walmart Effect on Home Prices: Economists Say Home Prices Have Increased Near Stores

    Thu, 14 Jun 2012

    in 27 countries, according to the company website. The study, published as a working paper with the National Bureau of Economic Research in May, is called "When Walmart Comes to Town: Always Low Housing Prices? Always?" It looked at

  4. Ask Matt: Do cheap stocks make more money for investors?

    Thu, 24 May 2012

    prediction tool by itself is pretty mixed. One analysis done by John Campbell and Robert Shiller for the National Bureau of Economic Research indicated that neither the P-E ratio nor the dividend-price ratio were effective in predicting future

  5. Some companies have emerged stronger after the recession

    Wed, 9 May 2012

    the most since the recession started. The time frame to consider starts on December 2007, which the National Bureau of Economic Research says was the start of the recession . The first full year of earnings after the recession was 2008. So to do your

  6. Health Headlines: Eating Speed, Depression and Exercise

    Fri, 2 Sep 2011

    in Arizona, California, Florida and New Jersey.” The economists found in a paper published in the National Bureau of Economic Research that “an increase of 100 foreclosures corresponded to a 7.2% rise in emergency room visits and hospitalizations

News

  1. Stock Market History: the 10 Worst Days

    Mon, 8 Aug 2011

    Dropped 679.95 points After a year of profuse job loss, stagnant wages and declining production, the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United States was in a recession and was not expected to grow again for

  2. Is the economy headed for a double-dip recession?

    Sun, 7 Aug 2011

    2000 and 2001. The time period between the early-1980s recessions was 12 months, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research , which tracks recessions. Since the most recent recession officially ended more than two years ago

  3. Unemployment Falls: Recession Fears Ease After Jobs Report

    Thu, 4 Aug 2011

    contract workers." There are more than 25 million out-of-work Americans more than two years after the National Bureau of Economic Research 's assessment that the recession is over. More than 44 percent, or 6.3 million, of unemployed Americans

  4. Romney's Economic Exaggerations

    Wed, 27 Jul 2011

    one simple reason: The data only exist for post-World War II America. From 1857 until 1938, the National Bureau of Economic Research counted 21 recessions — including the Great Depression , which started in 1929, and the Panic of 1873

  5. Every credit score is not created the same

    Mon, 25 Jul 2011

    you get a job. Only 38% of consumers have obtained a copy of their credit report, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research . •If you decide to buy a score, buy a FICO score. There are lots of credit scores out there, but

  6. Poll Shows 55 Percent of Americans Will Not Take Summer Vacation

    Thu, 14 Jul 2011

    officially ended. The U.S. recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research in September 2010, though the organization did not state the economy has returned to "normal capacity

  7. Medicaid Makes Poor Healthier and States Poorer

    Thu, 7 Jul 2011

    proposed at both the state and federal levels could limit beneficial services. The study, released by the National Bureau of Economic Research , is the first to use a randomly selected group of Medicaid participants, making it the most accurate

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  1. The Family Dinner Challenge

    Sun, 3 Apr 2011

    I didn't Whittier family every night if you do you are apparently in the minority according to the National Bureau of Economic Research the number of American families who eat dinner together every night fell 44% in 1977. Just 26% in

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 0:07

    if you do you are apparently in the minority according to the National Bureau of Economic Research the number of American families who eat dinner together every night fell 44% in 1977. Just 26% in 1998. But studies show
  2. Accommodating Obese Patients

    Fri, 19 Nov 2010

    America's obesity epidemic a study released last month by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research . obesity related medical expense cost the United States a 168. Billion dollars a year nearly 17%. Of total medical costs

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 0:05

    America's obesity epidemic a study released last month by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research . -- obesity related medical expense cost the United States a 168. Billion dollars a year nearly 17%. Of total medical costs. Where
  3. Webcast: Want a Job With Obama?, Online College Fair, China's Forbidden City

    Thu, 13 Nov 2008

    me on the set here is it up to them to declare a formal recession. For the US we usually rely on the National Bureau of Economic Research they are at it division it's a group of economists who come together. And they look at all sorts of

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 2:53

    declare a formal recession. For the US we usually rely on the National Bureau of Economic Research they are at it division -- it's a group of economists who come together. And they look at all sorts of statistics
  4. Experts Confirm Global Recession

    Thu, 13 Nov 2008

    On the set here is it up to them to declare formal recession now for the US we usually rely on the National Bureau of Economic Research they are at. It division there it's a group of economists who come together. And they look at all

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 0:14

    declare formal recession now for the US we usually rely on the National Bureau of Economic Research they are at. It division there it's a group of economists who come together. And they look at all sorts of statistics
  5. Obama Unveils Key Economic Players

    Mon, 24 Nov 2008

    the great depression and robust economic expansion the fault. Since 2003 she's been director of the National Bureau of Economic Research monetary economics program. She's also a member of the bureau's business cycle. Dating committee

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 4:26

    economic expansion the fault. Since 2003 she's been -- director of the National Bureau of Economic Research monetary economics program. She's also a member of the bureau's business cycle. Dating committee the body charged with -- officially determining whether
  6. Bernanke: 'A Recession is Possible'

    Wed, 2 Apr 2008

    likely than it was a few months ago. Recession is possible but a recession is a technical term the the National Bureau of Economic Research depending on data which will be available. Quite a while from now. So I I'm not yet ready to say

    National Bureau of Economic Research found at 0:29

    is possible but a recession is a technical term -- the the National Bureau of Economic Research depending on data which will be available. Quite a while from now. So I I'm not yet ready to say whether or
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  1. PHOTO: The National Bureau of Economic Research that finds (maybe not surprisingly) that the kids most popular in high school turn out to be, as adults, the highest earners in the workplace.
  2. PHOTO: Jeffrey Frankel is one of nine members of the National Bureau of Economic Research's Business Cycle Dating Committee.

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