recession
recession
Probing Question: How do we know a recession has ended?
10/5/10
In today's struggling economy, one check on the day's news is bound to turn up reports of unemployment, falling home values and foreclosures.
You'd think people hadn't heard the good news: the recession is over! Or is it? According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the recession officially ended in June 2009, but this statement has raised some eyebrows.
What are the signs a recession is over?
Penn State professor testifies before Senate committee on pensions
10/28/09
A faculty member at Penn State's Smeal College of Business testified before the U.S. Senate regarding pension funding during recessions. Ron Gebhardtsbauer, faculty-in-charge of Smeal's Actuarial Science Program, testified Thursday (Oct. 29) before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). Gebhardtsbauer suggested ways to fix the funding issues being experienced by defined benefit retirement plans and offer long-term solutions to make U.S. pension programs viable for years to come.
Penn State report looks at state's economic future after recession
5/4/09
As the nation grapples with a severe recession, economists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have published a new report that suggests which industries and areas in Pennsylvania may experience expansion or decline in employment in the upturn expected to follow the recession.
Penn State Abington examines the recession: How deep? How long?
4/24/09
"Deep and long," predicted Salar Ghahramani, lecturer of business, law and political science at Penn State Abington. A panel discussion event was held on a night as gloomy as Ghahramani's economic outlook. On the stormy evening of April 14 at the Abington campus, three leading financial experts discussed and debated the world economy.
First Current Events Series examines America's financial crisis
2/9/09
It's an understatement to say that the current economic crisis in America is severe and will have long-lasting impacts, but it's far from the Great Depression, and government intervention is absolutely necessary to come up with a solution to the problem. Those and other observations were shared Wednesday, Feb. 4, when Penn State Harrisburg presented the first installment of its spring Current Events Series featuring faculty from the School of Business Administration addressing "The Financial Crisis."
Probing Question: How do we know a recession has ended?
10/5/10
In today's struggling economy, one check on the day's news is bound to turn up reports of unemployment, falling home values and foreclosures.
You'd think people hadn't heard the good news: the recession is over! Or is it? According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the recession officially ended in June 2009, but this statement has raised some eyebrows.
What are the signs a recession is over?
Penn State professor testifies before Senate committee on pensions
10/28/09
A faculty member at Penn State's Smeal College of Business testified before the U.S. Senate regarding pension funding during recessions. Ron Gebhardtsbauer, faculty-in-charge of Smeal's Actuarial Science Program, testified Thursday (Oct. 29) before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). Gebhardtsbauer suggested ways to fix the funding issues being experienced by defined benefit retirement plans and offer long-term solutions to make U.S. pension programs viable for years to come.
Penn State report looks at state's economic future after recession
5/4/09
As the nation grapples with a severe recession, economists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have published a new report that suggests which industries and areas in Pennsylvania may experience expansion or decline in employment in the upturn expected to follow the recession.
Penn State Abington examines the recession: How deep? How long?
4/24/09
"Deep and long," predicted Salar Ghahramani, lecturer of business, law and political science at Penn State Abington. A panel discussion event was held on a night as gloomy as Ghahramani's economic outlook. On the stormy evening of April 14 at the Abington campus, three leading financial experts discussed and debated the world economy.
First Current Events Series examines America's financial crisis
2/9/09
It's an understatement to say that the current economic crisis in America is severe and will have long-lasting impacts, but it's far from the Great Depression, and government intervention is absolutely necessary to come up with a solution to the problem. Those and other observations were shared Wednesday, Feb. 4, when Penn State Harrisburg presented the first installment of its spring Current Events Series featuring faculty from the School of Business Administration addressing "The Financial Crisis."