How will the hurricanes affect economic data for October? Kenan Institute Research Fellow Greg Brown will look at the data during the institute’s monthly virtual briefing at 9 AM EDT Friday, November 1.
Artificial intelligence was a major topic of conversation at the Frontiers of Business Conference on October 10. See how speakers and panelists think the technology will change the future of business.
A country’s national income broadly depends on the quantity and quality of workers and capital. But how well these factors are managed within and between firms may be a key determinant of a country’s productivity and its GDP.
Kenan Institute Research Director Camelia Kuhnen will discuss consumer confidence along with recent changes in the labor market and inflation during the institute’s monthly virtual briefing at 9 AM EST Friday, December 6.
Dive into the Kenan Institute’s monthly virtual press briefing on Friday, Jan. 10, as institute Chief Economist Gerald Cohen explores economic trends to watch for 2025.
Will uncertainty over new administration policy dent the economy? Kenan Institute Research Fellow Greg Brown will look at this question and more during the institute’s monthly virtual briefing at 9 AM EST Friday, February 7.
Please join us for an exclusive conversation with Eli Gross on March 7 at 1 PM as a part of the Dean’s Speaker Series, hosted by the Kenan Institute in partnership with UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Join us for the institute's monthly virtual briefing this Friday, March 7, as Chief Economist Gerald Cohen evaluates new numbers, fresh tariffs and the continuing effects of policy uncertainty on the economy.
We update an August 2023 piece in which we explain why manufacturing remains essential for economic growth and how manufacturing in the US today incorporates both regional shifts and “stickiness” in traditional strongholds.
Don't miss this compelling keynote session by Chloe Hakim-Moore, an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, and TEDx speaker, on April 10, 2025, at 4 PM.
Kenan Institute Research Director Camelia Kuhnen will explore consumer confidence and sentiment, federal policy uncertainty, and economic activity during the institute’s monthly virtual briefing at 9 AM EDT Friday, April 4.
We can't call it a recession yet but join Kenan Institute Research Economist Sarah Dickerson as she addresses a mixed bag of economic news during the institute’s monthly briefing at 9 AM EDT Friday, May 2.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's NCGrowth University Center to boost their capacity to support regional economic development strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
As a second wave of COVID-19 cases makes its way around the world, the danger to the U.S. economy is clear. In this Kenan Insight, we examine the potentially damaging effects of the ongoing pandemic on an already battered workforce, and make the case for why Congress must act quickly to ensure economic stability.
As the U.S. continues to face COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions, experts debate just how worked up the economy is in its current state. This week’s Insight serves as the first in a two-part point-counterpoint series, in which Kenan Institute Executive Director Greg Brown and Chief Economist Gerald Cohen hash out the arguments both for and against an overheating economy.
The Biden administration has proposed several multi-trillion dollar initiatives to invest more federal dollars in infrastructure, education, healthcare and more. However, these big ticket items come at a significant cost, which the president hopes to cover through tax reforms. Proposed changes could affect individual income taxes for high earners, corporate taxes, international taxes and capital gains – and needless to say, the proposed reforms have drawn both strong critics and supporters. As dizzying negotiations and politicking continue in Washington, two of our experts unpack the proposed tax changes and their potential impacts on businesses and households in this week’s Kenan Insight.
The Biden administration's $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan comes with a hefty price tag, which the president hopes to pay in part by introducing a 15% minimum tax on corporate book income. Predictably, policymakers from both sides of the aisle are sounding off, but the argument is more complicated and nuanced than partisan rhetoric. In this Kenan Insight, we outline the intricacies and implications of taxing book income.
The latest report from the Department of Labor showed continued robust job growth. Employers added 431,000 jobs in March. The news of sustained job gains speaks to the strength of the U.S. economy. Moreover, the labor force participation rate inched up slightly to 62.4% in March, from 62.3% in February, indicating more Americans are reentering the workforce. We still have a long way to go to resolve the imbalance between job openings and unemployed people, however, and this means that current issues of worker burnout will also linger.
The spread between 10-year and 3-month Treasuries – my favorite economic indicator – remains strongly in positive territory, suggesting a recession is not in the cards soon. This indicator has predicted all recessions since the mid-1960s, with a lead time of roughly one year, though the timing is inexact. The 10-year/2-year spread, which briefly inverted recently, is less reliable.
Female involvement in the workforce remains important to the U.S. economy, but COVID-19 has only exacerbated a drop in participation rates. To reverse the trend, businesses are enhancing maternity leave, child care services and access to fertility and family-planning services, according to research by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School experts.