Janet Yellen's Dashboard

Once a quarter, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee take a thorough look at where the...

Auto Auctions, Japanese Style

Here're just a few notes on a visit to the Kinki branch of Toyota Auto Auction on a day when they were offering 1,700 vehicles (of whi...

The Supplier Auto Parts Fixing Scandal is Just Getting Started

Auto parts price-fixing probe rattles industry Star-Telegram, May 16 By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — An investigation into pr...

Summers and Marchionne on 2009 Auto Bailout: No Alternative

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2014/05/summers-marchionne-2009-auto-bailout Discussion by some of the players in the G...

Transparency, and Some Retail Auto Industry History

Ruggles “Transparency” is one of the new buzz words in the retail auto industry these days. Dealers are urged to be transparent with their...

The Auto Industry: Journals from Detroit

My students have now a cumulative 150+ blog posts on the auto industry, plus 13 separate journals from our visits to firms and other events ...

Technological Surprises: PACE and PNGV at 20

I've test driven a number of cars the past week, and what I've seen is a cautionary tale on mapping technological trajectories. Two ...