Expert analysis on the American recession by leading economic forecaster Ed Leamer

Ed Leamer, one of America's leading economic forecasters, provides expert analysis on the global economic crisis. He addresses:

- When will the US recession end?
- Can Obama halve the massive US budget deficit in his first term?
- Will the US become more protectionist?
- What is the outlook for Australia?
- Why is the US dollar continuing to strengthen in this climate?

Leamer was the first to predict the 2001 US recession and to warn of the seriousness of America's growing housing bubble in 2005.

Professor Leamer is director of the Anderson Forecast, professor at UCLA and a visiting scholar at the IMF and the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System.

Professor Leamer was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre in March 2009.

http://ussc.edu.au/

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• edward leamer
• economic forecast
• global financial crisis
• recession
• obama
• protectionism
• budget deficit