December 18, 2009
Small Business Economic Outlook Remains Cautious
The economic confidence of American small business owners remains largely unchanged in October, rising less than 1 point from the previous month on the Discover® Small Business WatchSM index. The...
December 18, 2009
NFIB Small Business Economic Trends
Owner optimism remains stuck at recession levels. The proximate cause is very weak consumer spending, better than a year ago, but that was pretty bad. Fifteen (15) percent reported gains,...
December 03, 2009
Should We Ban Credit Cards? The Radical Policies Advocated by...
In the previous two entries in this series I introduced you to the field of behavioral economics and then described some of the empirical work and insights from this new...
November 16, 2009
The New Economics of Consumer Behavior and Why You Need...
This is the first of three blogs on behavioral economics and why people in the payment card industry should pay attention to it. This entry explains what it is, the...
October 18, 2009
Intro to United States
Most American consumers carry several types of payment cards in their wallets. They typically have several credit cards which allow them to revolve payments on the charges they have made...
