Category: Bob McTeer

Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow Bob McTeer discusses Ben Bernanke’s newly published memoir, briefly outlining Bernanke’s impact on the recent financial crisis, in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer recommends measures to stimulate economic growth and tax receipts in an effort to create a federal budget surplus in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: “Weak GDP growth and downward revisions for payroll jobs in July, August, and September were key factors in the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates low,” says NCPA Senior Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: “A higher minimum wage would not mean immediate layoffs but would slow the pace of new hiring and increase employer incentives to economize on labor through new technology,” says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Official measures of productivity fail to measure many innovations that make our lives easier, better and more efficient, especially the inventions and innovations coming out of Silicon Valley, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Why put off the tweaking of the Federal Funds rate to September when the Federal Open Market Committee is already meeting in late July, asks NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a commentary at Forbes.

Forbes: “While free trade doesn’t necessarily create net new jobs, it does make jobs count for more”, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a commentary at Forbes.

Forbes: The productivity declines of the past two quarters mean that hours worked have been growing faster than aggregate output, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a commentary at Forbes.

Forbes: The public debate about the Fed raising rates does the public little good, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Given the improved performance of the labor markets, the FOMC will probably begin a gradual process of interest-rate normalization, theorized NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Expectations of movements in the dollar should drive investment, rather than the current level of the dollar, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The FOMC will likely begin paying more attention to the core indexes, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The rising dollar could be a good or bad thing, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.  

Forbes: The world is “playing with matches” by messing with exchange rates, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Allowing the Russian Ruble to plunge below 50 percent until the market recognizes the problem is the cure to their exchange rate, say NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer says that Congress’ decision to nix white bread for whole grain bread in schools is a slippery slope that removes choice.

Forbes: According to a Forbes commentary by NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer, the revisions to the second quarter GDP numbers show growth in the two areas we need more of: exports and business fixed investment

Forbes: Quantitative easing is ending quietly, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The Texas economy has outperformed due to the low cost of living, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The job openings and labor turnover numbers are looking good, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The U.S. and global economic recoveries have been disappointing, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Only hawks go to central banker heaven, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Wages should be growing faster, but the 0.7 percent increase in the Economic Cost Index is not a sign of “wage inflation,” says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Laurence Kotlikoff in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer thanks Milton Friedman for his contributions to economics and school choice in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: We are getting closer to the FOMC’s desired 2 percent inflation rate, says NCPA Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer in a Forbes commentary.