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Economics
Price predictions
Published Winter 2024
Can online retailers guess how much consumers are willing to pay for their products, and then price them accordingly? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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3 questions
Taming inflation in the U.S.
Published Oct 11, 2023
Economist Laurence Ball discusses the Fed's next move and whether it can achieve the sought-after 'soft landing'
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Voices
Savings, business reopenings are key to preventing a severe recession
Published July 29, 2022
While the U.S. economy teeters on the edge of a recession, key factors of consumer spending and saving are promising buffers for severe outcomes, according to economist Alessandro Rebucci
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Finance
Avoiding financial hardships during an unstable economy
Published July 20, 2022
Carey professor shares the biggest financial mistake to avoid and discusses how some "good debt" could benefit consumers in the long run
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Q+A
What's happening with the American economy right now?
Published June 8, 2022
Economist Laurence Ball discusses what factors influence rising inflation and what could trigger a recession
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Q+A
A closer look at the U.S. economic recovery
Published Aug 27, 2021
Economist Jonathan Wright shares insights on key indicators for recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as thoughts on what was learned during the Great Recession
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Small businesses
A closer look at the Paycheck Protection Program
Published Dec 9, 2020
Nagpurnanand Prabhala, an expert in corporate finance, examines the flaws and advantages of how the small business loan program was administered and its effects on company value
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Q+A
'Reopening an infected economy is no shortcut' to financial recovery
Published May 19, 2020
Alessandro Rebucci, an economist at the Carey Business School, says in order to revive the economy, the coronavirus pandemic must be brought under control
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Q+A
How states can promote compliance with social distancing
Published May 6, 2020
Mario Macis, an expert in behavioral economics, discusses the perceived tradeoff between economic activity and public health, and how states can promote social distancing
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Q+A
U.S. faces long road to reopening
Published April 7, 2020
Crystal Watson, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, discusses what the nation needs to do to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic safely and begin transitioning back to normalcy