By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the James M. Hull College of Business, contributing writer In September, the Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) decreased 0.6% from August. The index is up 5.1% from September 2011. This month witnessed declines in all the variables except the Dow Jones Industrial Average (which has subsequently declined). After last …
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The James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta State University will host an Economic Forecast Breakfast on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 a.m. in the Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom. Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in ASU’s Hull College, will be the guest speaker. Medcalfe is the author of the Augusta Leading Economic Index (Augusta …
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By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the James M. Hull College of Business, contributing writer In August, the Augusta Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased 1.2% from July. The index is up 5.6% from August 2011. This month’s increase the result of robust increases in residential housing permits and decreases in initial claims for unemployment insurance. …
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Under the direction of Heather Abdelnur, history, anthropology, and philosophy, ASU student Samantha Sherman had her article Last Word published in the Augusta Magazine. Olajide Agunloye, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, has been invited to serve as article editor on the SAGE Open manuscript Attitude towards science and its effect on students’ achievement in …
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By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the Hull College of Business, contributing writer It has all kicked off in Europe: Greece survived a EURO scare; The Germans have been handing out lessons in discipline and efficiency; Ireland continues to struggle to be competitive; and Spain has looked attractive! For those of you not following the …
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By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the Hull College of Business, contributing writer In February the Augusta LEI continued to improve, increasing 1.0% from January. The index is up 4.6% from February 2011. This represents the fifth consecutive monthly increase in the index. Housing permits and initial claims for unemployment insurance saw big improvements from …
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Olajide Agunloye, educational leadership, counseling, and special education, had an article published in the American International Journal of Contemporary Research (November 2011): Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: A Diagnostic Framework and Conceptual Model. In April, Agunloye will be presenting a conference keynote paper at the Science and Culture Symposium, Batman University, Batman, Turkey. Mary Jane …
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By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the Hull College of Business, contributing writer In January, the Augusta LEI increased 0.4% from December. The index is up 4.3% from January 2011. Encouragingly, the annual rate of growth of the index has increased for the past four consecutive months. Similar trends have been seen at the national …
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By Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor Hull College of Business, contributing writer In November, the Augusta LEI increased 0.8% from October. The index is up 2.0% from November 2010. The index is made up of five components: residential housing permits, initial unemployment insurance claims, job openings, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and real deposits in local …
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Simon Medcalfe, assistant professor in the Hull College of Business, received the 2012 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award from the Southwest Case Research Association for his study A Downtown Stadium for the Augusta GreenJackets Baseball Team. “It is my hope that the information laid out in the case can be used by decision makers in the …
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