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Recession Nips at Heels of Economy

"...'We've had a new slowdown that began roughly in the second quarter of 2011,' says Lakshman Achuthan, who heads the Economic Cycle Research Institute. ' More

Skating on Thin Ice

ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan talks with NPR's All Things Considered about the risk of recession and the jobs challenge that predated the recession. More

New Recession Risk

Last year economist Lakshman Achuthan said he thought the United States had emerged from the depths of a recession, but today the picture looks a bit more grim. More

Interview on Economy

ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan will be interviewed on All Things Considered this weekend at 5:00 PM (ET). More

Endurance is the Key

"During the first three months of the year, the U.S. economy grew by just 1.9 percent while China grew 9.7 percent." More

More Frequent Recessions

ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan spoke with All Things Considered about the imminent economic slowdown and why there will be more recessions in the coming decade than people expect. More

Manufacturing in this recovery

ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan spoke with NPR about manufacturing in the current cycle. More

Resilient Recovery

ECRI's Achuthan talks with NPR's Jim Zarroli about the nature of the economic recovery. More

Business Inventory Increase A Good Sign

"...Amy Scott: We're not talking any miracles here. Inventories grew by just two-tenths of a percent. But after 13 months of declines, economist Lakshman Achuthan says it's a good sign. Lakshman Ac More

Unemployment Is Down, But Business Cycles Are Key

This morning's news of a drop in the unemployment rate to ten percent is a welcome development. It was presaged by earlier strength in reliable leading employment indicators, which suggest that this i More

Jobs and credit during early stage of recoveries

ECRI's Lakshman Achuthan spoke with NPR's Guy Raz about what seems to be conflicting data, discussing how jobs and credit measures are acting in a relatively standard way. More

Recession or Recovery?

ECRI's Achuthan was a guest on NPR's Talk of the Nation, where he discussed why the start of recovery this summer is real, and why it doesn't "feel" much better just yet. (Lakshman Achuthan and Robert More

What GDP Tells Us About the Recession

ECRI's Achuthan spoke with NPR over the weekend about the latest GDP figures and what they tell us about the recession and recovery. More

Signs of Recession Bottoming

ECRI spoke with Marketplace about signs of the recession bottoming, including some unusual leading indicators. More

What GDP Means

By now, most of us have heard the news that U.S. GDP is down 6.2 percent. But what does this number mean and, more importantly, what should we do about it? What indicators can we trust, and what's pur More

Vital Signs In A Sick Economy

Here lies the economy: sick, ailing, bedridden. Every day there is more bad news. One sector is suffering; another is getting worse. The whole financial structure is like some kind of fading patient. More

Obama Offers Plan To Revive Economy

President-elect Barack Obama set out plans for an ambitious economic stimulus package Saturday. In a radio and Web address, he said things are likely to get worse before they get better and that he ha More