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4 days ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mike Walden
As I write this column, the Trump administration has levied new, higher tariffs on most countries. The business community is not happy, as reflected in several large drops in the stock market. Before getting deep into today’s column, let me give a reminder of what a tariff is. A tariff is a fee — some call it a tax — on imported products levied by the federal government.
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1 week ago | 
thecoastlandtimes.com | Mike Walden
Published 11:51 am Monday, April 14, 2025 By Mike WaldenAfter earlier jobs in the private sector (furniture) and the government sector (local and federal), I found my ultimate career in teaching. As I look back, I had a fabulous 43-year career at North Carolina State University teaching economics to students and to the public through the University’s Extension – also called outreach – programs.
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1 week ago | 
wral.com | Mike Walden
As I write this column, the Trump Administration has levied new higher tariffs on most countries. The business community is not happy, as reflected in several large drops in the stock market. Before getting deep into today’s column, let me give a reminder of what a tariff is.
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2 weeks ago | 
lincolntimesnews.com | Mike Walden
vate sector (furniture) and the government sector (local and federal), I found my ultimate career in teaching. As I look back, I had a fabulous 43-year career at North Carolina State University teaching economics to students and to the public through the University’s Extension programs. One of the aspects of economics I stressed was the implications the subject has for many everyday decisions.
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2 weeks ago | 
journalpatriot.com | Mike Walden
After earlier jobs in the private sector (furniture) and the government sector (local and federal), I found my ultimate career in teaching. As I look back, I had a fabulous 43-year career at North Carolina State University teaching economics to students and to the public through the university’s Extension – also called outreach – programs. One of the aspects of economics I stressed was the implications the subject has for many everyday decisions.
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2 weeks ago | 
restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mike Walden
After earlier jobs in the private sector (furniture) and the government sector (local and federal), I found my ultimate career in teaching. As I look back, I had a fabulous 43-year career at North Carolina State University teaching economics to students and to the public through the university’s Extension — also called outreach — programs. One of the aspects […]
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3 weeks ago | 
thecoastlandtimes.com | Mike Walden
Published 5:44 pm Tuesday, April 1, 2025 By Mike WaldenThere’s a word most economists — indeed, most people — don’t want to hear, and it begins with an “r.” I’ll give you a 5-second countdown to guess: 5,4,3,2,1 … Buzz, time’s up. The word is “recession,” and I expect most of you guessed correctly. Yes, after being out of the headlines for most of the past year, the “R-word,” recession, is making a comeback in the news.
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3 weeks ago | 
wral.com | Mike Walden
The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the State economy in the upcoming months, decreased 0.1%, continuing a downward trend which began nine months ago. Among the individual components, the drops in the US Index, manufacturing hours and earnings, and the rise in initial jobless claims all contributed to the reduction in the Index. One bright spot was a 2.1% increase in building permits.
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3 weeks ago | 
jocoreport.com | Mike Walden
By Mike WaldenThere’s a word most economists — indeed, most people — don’t want to hear, and it begins with an “r.” I’ll give you a 5-second countdown to guess: 5,4,3,2,1.. Buzz, time’s up. The word is “recession,” and I expect most of you guessed correctly. Yes, after being out of the headlines for most of the past year, the “R-word,” recession, is making a comeback in the news. Indeed, one economic measure designed to predict recessions has been suggesting a recession is ahead.
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4 weeks ago | 
lanoticia.com | Mike Walden
Una medida económica diseñada para predecir recesiones ha estado indicando que podría avecinarse una. Otro pronóstico no llega tan lejos, pero predice que la economía se contraerá en el primer trimestre del año (de enero a marzo). Una regla general usada por economistas establece que hay una recesión si la economía se reduce durante dos trimestres consecutivos, es decir, por seis meses.
