Dec 28 Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two By Paul Solman // This penultimate post from Our Man in Beijing, standup economist Yoram Bauman, chronicles a true test: doing jokes in front of a Chinese audience. The responses are instructive, as are Yoram's responses during the Q&A. His answer about horses… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Economics Comedy in Beijing: Part Two Standup economist Yoram Bauman does economic jokes in front of a Chinese audience. Continue watching
Dec 27 Latest U.S. Home Sales Price Reading a 'Distinct Downer' Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's the monthly moment for Case-Shiller/S&P, the most widely followed index of U.S. housing prices, and Tuesday's numbers are a distinct downer, prices dropping at an annual rate of over 1 percent,… Continue reading
Dec 27 Latest U.S. Home Sales Price Reading a 'Distinct Downer' Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. It's the monthly moment for Case-Shiller/S&P, the most widely followed index of U.S. housing prices, and Tuesday's numbers are a distinct downer, prices dropping at an annual rate of over 1 percent,… Continue reading
Dec 23 Bargain Basement and Top Shelf: What's Driving Growth for Retailers? Photo by flickr user Ian Britton. "We're all peacocks. We all like to show off." That's what Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute, told us recently in a conversation about changes in spending trends amid… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Author Daniel Yergin on U.S. Need for a 'Diversified Energy Portfolio' Amid concern over tensions and violence in Iraq and Syria, oil prices rose to nearly $100 a barrel Friday. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ongoing hunt for untapped reserves of energy and how the demand for energy has shaped political and… Continue watching
Dec 23 Bargain Basement and Top Shelf: What's Driving Growth for Retailers? Photo by flickr user Ian Britton, post by Elizabeth Shell. "We're all peacocks. We all like to show off." That's what Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute, told us recently in a conversation about changes… Continue reading
Dec 23 The Role of the Consumer Mindset in the Cost of Energy EmbedVideo(1671, 482, 304); Violence in Iraq and Syria. New tensions between Iran and western nations. Unrest in Bahrain and Kazakhstan. As oil hovered around $100 a barrel Friday, those were some of the day's major international developments that… Continue reading
Dec 23 Bargain Basements and Top Shelves: What's Driving Retail Growth? By Elizabeth Shell In a bifurcated retail economy, high- and low-end retailers are doing well, while the middle is being squeezed. What types of items are pushing sales at the ends of the hourglass? We've compiled an assortment of products from luxury brands… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Making Sen$e: Rich Shopper, Poor Shopper As part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, business and economics correspondent Paul Solman explores how retailers are faring in an economy that's increasingly divided between the haves and the have-nots. Continue watching