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Recovery Continues in the Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Market

RBI Releases July 2010 Residential Real Estate Market Statistics RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS Company, just released its July 2010 statistics that shows stabilization in the Mid-Atlantic real estate market over the past three months. Data from the report suggests that the gradual recovery shown in the last two months has continued through July. [...]

Video Game Industry Adds Billions to U.S. Economy

New Study Highlights Industry’s Growing Economic Impact and Job Creation The computer and video game industry added nearly $5 billion to the U.S. economy in 2009, according to a new study released today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The study, Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2010 Report, also found that the entertainment [...]

Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator Signals Progress in U.S. Economy

ESI Hits Highest Level Since June 2008; Suggests Prospects of a Double Dip Recession May Be Fading The Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) has given an upbeat signal on the economy, registering its biggest rise since October and a return to the level of June 2008. The ESI rose to 42.3 in July, two [...]

Double-Dip Recession Does Not Mean Deflation

In NIA’s May 26th article entitled, “Don’t Doubt Bernanke’s Ability to Create Inflation,” we said, “The U.S. Dollar Index has rallied only because it is heavily weighted against the Euro. The Euro is now overdue for a huge bounce.” NIA was right, the Euro was $1.22 at the time and it has since bounced to [...]