Aaron Nathans

AIER Research Fellow Luke Delorme’s work has been published in the September edition of two prominent investment journals. His piece in the monthly magazine of the American Association of Individual Investors questions the conventional wisdom of “safe” investing as retirees age. And his article, “A Blueprint For Retirement Spending,” was published in the September edition…

J. William Middendorf, II, a former secretary of the Navy and ambassador who was also one of the architects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Professor Dominick Salvatore, one of the country’s foremost experts on international economics, will speak at the American Institute for Economic Research’s campus in late August.

This week provided a mixed bag of economic news, and the still-slow growing economy is weighing on monetary policymakers as they mull the timing of the first increase in interest rates since the Great Recession.

The economic expansion has been even slower than previously understood, and while the economy is likely to keep expanding in the foreseeable future, there isn’t much pressure on wages to rise. That’s the message from the August edition of Business Conditions Monthly, the American Institute for Economic Research’s bird’s-eye view of the economy, which was…

This morning’s retail sales numbers underscore a continued pattern of slow but steady economic growth.

Americans have seen telephone costs fall nearly 3 percent over the last 12 months, amid stronger competition in the wireless market. Wireless service prices have fallen 5.9 percent during that period, and landline service fell 2.2 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. In June, telephone services ticked 0.1…

Today we release the July edition of AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly, our bird’s-eye look at the economy. This month’s edition includes an overview of the labor market, including an account of the progress made since the Great Recession, as well as a look at the challenges that remain.

Following a string of stronger economic data, this morning’s retail sales report showed some unexpected weakness in a key area of the economy.

With Treasury Secretary Jack Lew planning to shrink Alexander Hamilton’s image on the $10 bill, opponents of the plan are making their feelings known in an interesting way.