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12. Reducing Risks from Global Imbalances
- Author:
- Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development
- Publication Date:
- 09-2007
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- This report traces the evolution of the current large global trade and financial imbalances, examines their sources, and makes recommendations that, if adopted, will help ensure continued growth in the global economy.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, Economy, Global Political Economy, and Risk
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
13. Public-Private Partnerships for Development: A Handbook for Business
- Author:
- Suezan C. Lee
- Publication Date:
- 07-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- CED partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on this handbook, published in 2006, which is designed to help businesses operating in developing countries understand how to build public-private partnerships that will benefit their host country populations and the participating firms.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, Partnerships, Business, Public Sector, Economic Development, and Private Sector
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus and United States of America
14. Reducing Global Poverty: Encouraging Private Investment in Infrastructure
- Author:
- Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development
- Publication Date:
- 07-2006
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- This paper builds on some of the findings and recommendations of the 2002 CED policy statement, A Shared Future: Reducing Global Poverty, which broadly examined the phenomenon known as globalization and offered a blueprint for how best to harness economic integration and political cooperation between developed and developing countries towards enhancing economic growth and combating global poverty. Encouraging Private Investment in Infrastructure evaluates various options for public-private partnerships and provides brief analyses of several successful projects in order to identify best practices.
- Topic:
- Globalization, Poverty, Infrastructure, and Investment
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
15. Making Trade Work: Straight Talk on Jobs, Trade, and Adjustment
- Author:
- Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development
- Publication Date:
- 06-2005
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- This report examines the benefits and challenges of developing an effective adjustment policy for workers who lose their jobs because of outsourcing or any other adverse effects of trade. The statement, approved by CED's Research and Policy Committee states, "The most important next step is to recognize that adjustment policy is vital to achieving free trade - which, in turn, is vital to the nation's economic future." The statement concludes that America needs to develop the national will to devise and fund an adjustment policy that will get to "yes" on trade.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, Labor Issues, and Unemployment
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
16. Composite Indexes of Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indicators: May 2003
- Publication Date:
- 05-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index increased 1.0 percent, the coincident index increased 0.1 percent, and the lagging index decreased 0.1 percent in May.The leading index increased sharply in May following a slight gain in April. This increase was largely due to stock prices, real money supply, and consumer expectations, but most other components also increased slightly. It is possible that these two consecutive increases reflect the beginning of an upward trend, thereby ending the flat trend that began in early 2002.The strength in the leading indicators has become more widespread as shown by a pick-up in the diffusion indexes, which measure the proportion of the components that are rising. The one- and six-month diffusion indexes are now at or above fifty percent, up from lower levels earlier in the year. The coincident index, a measure of current economic conditions, increased modestly in May after holding steady in the previous two months. The coincident index remained essentially flat in the second quarter, but is likely to increase in the second half of the year reflecting the recent gains in the leading index.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States
17. Composite Indexes of Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indicators: April 2003
- Publication Date:
- 04-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index increased 0.1 percent, the coincident index decreased 0.1 percent, and the lagging index decreased 0.5 percent in April.After declining in February and March, the leading index increased slightly in April. Since early 2002, the leading index has been fluctuating around a flat trend. This is consistent with real GDP growth continuing to fluctuate around a 2% to 2.5% average annual rate.Despite rebounding financial indicators and consumer expectations, there is still weakness in the labor market and manufacturing indicators. Weakness in these components reflects the recent declines in manufacturing capacity utilization.The coincident index, a measure of current economic conditions, decreased in April after holding steady in March. The slight decline in the coincident indicators in April is consistent with the weakness in the leading index in the first quarter of 2003.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States
18. Composite Indexes of Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indicators: March 2003
- Publication Date:
- 03-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.2 percent, the coincident index held steady, and the lagging index decreased 0.1 percent in March.The leading index declined for a second consecutive month in March, but the information available so far in April suggests that these declines will not continue. The leading index has been fluctuating around a flat trend since December 2001.The flatness in the leading index suggests that U.S. real GDP growth will stay in the 2-3% range for now. As long as economic growth is constrained in this range, the labor market cannot improve.The coincident index has been essentially flat in recent months with gains in income and sales offset by weakness in employment and industrial production. With economic growth at or slightly below potential, the coincident index is unlikely to grow strongly.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States
19. Composite Indexes of Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indicators: February 2003
- Publication Date:
- 02-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.4 percent, the coincident index held steady, and the lagging index decreased 0.1 percent in February.The leading index fell in February for the first time since September 2002. Uncertainty over war in Iraq, as well as severe winter weather in February, is reflected in the widespread weakness, particularly in stock prices, consumer expectations, and the labor market. Some of these weaknesses have persisted through March.More generally, the leading index has been fluctuating around a flat trend over the past 15 months with a balance between rising and falling components. The index fell in the third quarter of 2002, rose in the fourth quarter, and is now declining again in the first quarter.After flattening in the fourth quarter of last year, the coincident index, a measure of current economic activity, increased 0.2 in January and held that level in February (with a decline in employment offsetting the gains in income, production, and sales). At this point, the leading index is suggesting that economic growth may be on the sluggish side in the second quarter.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States and Iraq
20. Composite Indexes of Leading, Coincident, and Lagging Indicators: January 2003
- Publication Date:
- 01-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Conference Board
- Abstract:
- The Conference Board announced today that the U.S. leading index decreased 0.1 percent, the coincident index increased by 0.2 percent, and the lagging index decreased 0.1 percent in January.A sharp drop in claims for unemployment insurance offset the weak expectations of consumers in January. The leading index remains well above its peak prior to the 2001 recession and just below the previous high achieved in May 2002.The coincident index turned up again in January after pausing in the last quarter of 2002. This month's increase in the coincident index, the largest in six months, is consistent with the gains in the leading index late last year and reflects better current conditions in the beginning of this year.Barring any shock or prolonged uncertainty in the Middle East, the leading and coincident indexes point to a more robust pace of economic activity in the coming months.
- Topic:
- Economics and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States