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Alan Beaulieu

With a reputation as an accurate, straightforward economist, Alan Beaulieu has been delivering award-winning workshops and economic analysis seminars across the world to thousands of business executives for the last 30 years.
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A Change in a Key Forecast
By Alan Beaulieu on February 29, 2024

We have changed our forecast for GDP (in inflation-adjusted dollars). Before we get into the details, it is important to note that the change was not dramatic, and it does not change the...

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Spirit of Giving: US Charitable Donations Data Through the Lens of Economics
By Alan Beaulieu on December 20, 2023

Americans are a giving people, with total contributions from all sources at $499.3 billion in 2022. Of that total, $319.040 billion come from individuals 1. Individual charitable...

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From the President's Desk Construction

Prepare for Change
By Alan Beaulieu on November 16, 2023

US Total Private Domestic Fixed Investment1 is at a record high $4.794 trillion and 3.3% higher than the year-ago level. Private Fixed Investment consists of purchases of residential and...

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From the President's Desk Global Recessions

Growing Economic Troubles in Europe
By Alan Beaulieu on October 19, 2023

Europe’s GDP (12-month moving average) is edging lower off a March 2023 record high. The second quarter of this year (three-month moving average) came in even with the year-ago level. The...

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Inflation Fears
By Alan Beaulieu on September 26, 2023

The headline demanded attention: “Inflation Coming In Hot” with a follow-on sentence about the “largest monthly increase since January” (bold in the original). All in all, the article is...

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From the President's Desk Great Depression

5 More Questions From the July Webinar About the 2030s Depression
By Alan Beaulieu on August 24, 2023

The following are viewer-submitted questions from our July 27 Executive Series Webinar, “2030s Great Depression Update.” The recording of the webinar is available here.

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