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China Market Update

January 8, 2013

Timothy Weckesser, Ph.D., is a Member of the GIC Board of Directors and President & CEO of Sino-Consulting

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“Thank you, Greece, for Saving the Euro!”

January 8, 2013

This article was published in The European Institute’s journal, “European Affairs” on January 2, 2013, by GIC Board Member and Independent International Market Economist, J. Paul Horne.

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David Kotok on the Election and the Fiscal Cliff

November 8, 2012

Re-elected President Obama and Fiscal Cliff The almost interminable season of acrimony is over.  We have the results.  The Obama-led wing of the Democrat party will continue leading the nation in finance, economic matters and social direction.   One hopes the nation sets aside the meanness that we have witnessed and becomes serious about compromise.  [...]

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Bill Dunkelberg Comments on the Unemployment in the US and the Sentiments of Small Businesses

October 24, 2012

Commentary by Bill Dunkelberg The September employment report was pretty much as expected, 114,000 new jobs in the payroll survey. That was consistent with the NFIB survey findings (the job loss of -.25 workers per firm, 10 percent increasing employment but 13 percent reducing staff, job openings and job creation plans falling, indicating a higher [...]

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Rocky Mountain Summit: July 2012

August 9, 2012

by John E. Silvia, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo Securities If you keep getting the wrong answer, then maybe you are asking the wrong question. For several years now, policymakers have been pursuing expansionary policy with the goal of significantly lower unemployment. Yet the wrong answer keeps popping up – high, persistent unemployment about eight percent. [...]

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