Aaron Nathans

The American Institute for Economic Research is projecting a robust holiday spending season this year, with a good chance to post the strongest gains since the Great Recession.

This morning provided more evidence that the economic expansion is still on track, and remains on a trend of slow improvement, rather than some of the outsized expectations that came with Friday’s blockbuster jobs numbers.

This morning we got our first bit of new economic data since Friday’s blockbuster jobs report, and it was more muted than one might have expected.

We are honored that Slate’s new Panoply podcast series, 40/40 Vision, includes an interview with AIER’s director of research and education, Rosalind Greenstein.

J. Eric Smith, a longtime non-profit leader with a passion for helping Americans make better economic and financial decisions, has been elected chairman of the board of the American Institute for Economic Research.

We’ve seen some less-than-stellar data about the economy in recent days, which could point to a softer GDP number on Thursday. Nevertheless, our senior research fellow Bob Hughes says equity markets may already be looking past the weakness.

Thanks to MoneyTalksNews and Yahoo Finance for highlighting AIER’s Employment Destinations Index as part of a recent story on work-life balance. The story highlighted Glassdoor.com’s list of top 10 jobs for work-life balance. The list was led by data scientist – which should make our data scientist, Theodore Cangero quite happy to hear. Other top…

The American Institute for Economic Research has a long history of accurate forecasting on economic matters, such as predicting recessions. Our senior research fellow, Polina Vlaskeno, was once again right on the money when it came to predicting the size of next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.

Six years after the Great Recession, key parts of the housing market continue to struggle to find momentum, the reasons for which are outlined in the new October edition of Business Conditions Monthly, the American Institute for Economic Research’s bird’s-eye view of the economy. Owning a home has been held up as a key part…

Yesterday, a financial reporter posed a good question to me: Why haven’t the global economic woes caused a recession in this country? Or, why wouldn’t they? It’s hard to look away from the problems in China, Greece and elsewhere. Last week, U.S. News & World Report quoted our report, Business Conditions Monthly, on the possibility…