Economic activity

• Economic activity

• A multinational analysis of tax rates and economic activity.

INTRODUCTION The relationship between taxes and economic activity is a complex one. While there are various types of taxes, such as income tax, sale...

• Journal of International Business Research
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 1, January 2011

• What Is the Effect of Financial Stress On Economic Activity?

Financial stress recently pushed the US economy into its most severe recession since the Great Depression. Despite the apparent risk financial stress poses to the real economy the relationship between financial stress and economic activity is complex and not well understood. The experience of the US and other countries has shown that businesses and households often pull back on new investments and purchases in response to the tighter credit conditions and greater uncertainty caused by financial stress. But important gaps remain in people's understanding of this critical relationship. The first section of this article explores the theoretical links between financial stress and economic activity. The second section examines the empirical relationship taking into account whether the econom...

• Economic Review - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• Vol. 95 Nbr. 2, April 2010

• New Avalere Analysis: Economic Activity by $6.75 Billion in Fy 2012

Despite BiPartisan Congressional Support Urging More Cautious Approach to Inadvertent Provider Overpayment, CMS "Regulatory Over Reach" Squeezes Seniors' Care, Hinders U.S. Economic Recovery WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis by Avalere Health finds that a regulation recently issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will reduce Medicare payment to the U.S. Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) sector by $79 Billion over 10 years, reduce national economic activity by $6.75 billion in FY 2012, and have a significantly negative economic impact on many of the nation's most populous states as lawmakers seek ways to boost a worrisomely weak economy.

• U.S. Newswire
• August 23, 2011

• Orrville Saw Plenty of Economic Activity in 2010

By PAUL LOCHER Staff Writer

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• March 04, 2011

• California Economic Activity Index

DALLAS, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's was unchanged in April, at a level of 104. April's reading is even with the 104 average for all of 2010, and 10 points, or 11 percent, above the index cyclical low. Year-to-date the index has averaged 105. March's reading was revised to a level of 104. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• June 15, 2011

• Economic Activity Index

DALLAS, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's Texas was flat in July, unchanged at a level of 99. June's reading is 16 points, or 19 percent, above the index cyclical low of 83. Year-to-date the index has averaged 96, six points above the average for all of 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• October 06, 2011

• Re-Thinking Value, Human Needs, and the Aims of Economic Activity

The world is experiencing a twofold crisis. On the one hand, the global, virtualized economy is collapsing and, in its fall, it is bringing down significant sections of the real economy. On the other hand, the environmental collapse of the planet is also marching on, and there is no clear sign that this may stop soon, for the most commonly discussed paths for economic recovery seem to rely upon further spoliation of the Earth's life support systems. In this book chapter, the reader is to encounter an account of this twofold crisis in light of the deeper axiological grounds that are causing it. To this end, the present author refers extensively to the theory of value developed by Canadian scholar John McMurtry, according to whom: "[F]inancial crises always follow from money-value delinke...

• Economics, Management and Financial Markets
• Vol. 4 Nbr. 3, September 2009

• Michigan Economic Activity Index

DALLAS, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's edged down one point in June, to a level of 86. The June index level is 15 points, or 21 percent, above the cyclical index low of 71. Year-to-date, the index has averaged 88 points, three points above the average for all of 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• August 30, 2011

• Predict future economic activity.

The ability to predict future economic conditions is useful in business, business planning and investment. Turns out there's a pretty easy, inexpensiv...

• The Business Owner
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 5, September 2010

• California Economic Activity Index

DALLAS, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's ticked up one point in August, to a level of 102. August's reading is two points below the 104 average for all of 2010, and nine percent above the index cyclical low of 94. Year-to- date the index has averaged 103. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• October 24, 2011