Dr. Janet Yellen, President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, video-conferenced with NNU students and faculty on September 15. Nearly 65 persons, including local business people and members of the community, attended the live conference held in Harter Lecture Hall.
“Janet L. Yellen took office as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank [...]
Northwest Nazarene University’s President David Alexander announced the appointment of Dr. Stephen Mountjoy as acting dean and professor of the School of Business, which took effect August 1. Mountjoy brings strong academic credentials and a background in business leadership to the new appointment.
He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University [...]
June 28th at the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) conference in San Antonio, Texas, NNU business student Ashley Morman was awarded the Delta Mu Delta Pat & Tony Jablonsky scholarship award. Ron Galloway, NNU School of Business Dean at that time, said this speaks highly to Ashley’s abilities to be recognized [...]
More often than not, you get what you pay for.
According to economist John Taylor of Stanford University, the Federal Reserve got us the financial instability we see today by buying its way out of the 2001 recession.
Taylor is most famously known for recommending a rules-based economic policy, appropriately called the Taylor Rule. The rule instructs [...]
In the 1960s were heard the rally cry of “give peace a chance”. As was also true in that decade, the rally cry today is to give government spending more of a chance. Apparently, we are all Keynesians once again.
To be a Keynesian suggests support for a theory that has never been fully tested. John [...]
02.12Dueling Professors
Drs. Steven Van Der Ploeg and Peter Crabb are debating the stimulus bill, and dueling it out in the Idaho Statesmen. The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives recently passed their own versions of a stimulus bill, and Congress is now working for a compromise to place before President Obama. Our own two professors of [...]
The potential return on risky assets is apparently too high. U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner appeared Wednesday before members of the Senate Finance Committee arguing that the economy will not improve until more investors are willing to take risk.
Mr. Geithner said he would consider changes to how the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program [...]
Christmas is a critical time for marketing, particularly in financially uncertain times. Among all the issues marketers face during the holiday season, we asked Konya Weber our marketing professor to name one that could really create headaches.
In the past few years, some corporations have attempted to be politically correct by eliminating the greeting of “Merry [...]
Two weeks ago I was privileged to attend a college fair for high school students. Held at one of the premier meeting spaces in Boise, the room was crammed full of eager high school students going from booth to booth and collecting information on potential colleges. With a myriad of schools represented, there was every [...]
If you would like to know
how a mortgage equals securities
what a credit default swap is
about the issues that have helped cause the credit crunch
about issues regarding the economy
how Christians can respond to those who are struggling through these tough economics times
You are welcome to come to a meeting at 11 a.m. October 23 in Helstrom [...]