Predicting SAAR, Deconstructing SAAR

Mike Smitka As an economist, I avoid the prediction game. I am also wary of reading much into a single month's data. What an economist c...

Detroit Student Trip, Detroit Bankruptcy

I'm now back from a week on the road with students that provided an intense exposure to the auto industry and to the greater Detroit are...

Outsiders Poised to Buy Car Dealerships

Oct. 15, 2013 Phil Villegas&nbsp Reprinted from WARDS AUTO As the auto industry surges, private-equity firms and others may drive up blu...