Toys R Us Bankruptcy – more to come?
It’s as inevitable as father time – another brick and mortar store bites the dust as retailers deal with the all-encompassing reach and...
The Business Cycle is Laboring to Maintain Steam
This upcoming Labor Day weekend, think how a change in economic conditions might impact your personal situation. Are you working in an...
Fundamentals in Business
The business cycle is a critical and fundamental element of macroeconomics. It is the basis of many economic decisions and the primary...
The Recession is coming, the Recession is coming!
One if by land and two if by sea? Like Paul Revere’s famous ride, we should expect the next recession soon. Why is it coming soon, and...
Layoffs at Ford – and more to come…
As stated in a prior blog, I am predicting a 2018 recession, which will be the culmination of slowing (but not negative) economic growth...
Get ready… the next Recession storm is coming…
Recessions represent the downward phase of the business cycle. They currently occur about every nine years. I realize that, to...
What’s Next for Business?
The business cycle is a critical and fundamental element of macroeconomics. It is the basis of many economic decisions, and the primary...
The Juglar Cycle (the business cycle length)
Joseph Schumpeter, who defined the length and phases of the business cycle in his classic 1939 book Business Cycles, stated that there...
The Great Recession
Recessions represent the downward phase of the business cycle. They currently occur about every nine years. See the U.S. GDP figure below...
Should the 1990s be called “The Great Expansion?”
Expansions represent the upward phase of the business cycle. As such, they occur with the same regularity and the same periodicity as...
