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Christopher Decker

Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
Professor Decker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in 2000 and teaches courses in Microeconomics, Business Economics, Economic Forecasting, and Natural Resource Economics at UNO. His academic work has been published in a verity of academic journals including Economic Inquiry, Journal of Law and Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Annals of Regional Science, Review of Regional Studies, Applied Economics, Ecological Economics, and Contemporary Economic Policy. Professor Decker has also partnered with several organizations to conduct economic assessments and forecasts of city and regional economies, including the production of a large number of economic impact studies using IMPLAN. IMPLAN-Based studies include: The Economic Impact the Aviation Industry on the State of Nebraska, and The Economic Impact of the Nebraska Business Development Center on Nebraska. Other studies have included assessing the economic impact of immigrant populations on the local economy. Before joining UNO, Professor Decker worked in the private sector for DRI/McGraw-Hill (now IHS Global Insight) from 1990 to 1993, and FW Dodge/McGraw-Hill from 1993 to 1995, producing forecasts for regional economies, of energy prices and demand, long-range macroeconomic and demographic indicators, as well as construction prices, and commercial and institutional construction activity.

Attention, jittery investors: Stop panicking … this is what a soft landing should look like

Aug 06, 2024 23:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing

What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, people were worried that the economy was too hot. But now in response mainly to weaker-than-expected employment data released on Aug. 2, 2024 stocks are...

Central Banking Series

Inflation is cooling, but not fast enough for the Fed

Jun 13, 2024 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

It was a double-whammy Wednesday for economic-data enthusiasts. During the morning of June 12, 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published its latest inflation figures. The news was relatively good, showing that...

Latest inflation figures are good news

May 16, 2024 04:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The U.S. economy is slowing, but not crashing. In the dismal science, this is what counts as good news. Thats the message I took away from the latest inflation data, released May 15, 2024, which showed U.S. consumer...

Central Banking Series

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

Jobs are up, wages less so – and lower purchasing power could still lead the US into a recession

Sep 04, 2023 05:36 am UTC| Economy

Dont be overly fooled by seemingly rosy jobs data heading into the Labor Day weekend. Yes, the U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August 2023 faster than the revised 157,000 increase for July and above most analysts...

Central Banking Series

The Federal Reserve and the art of navigating a soft landing ... when economic data sends mixed signals

May 01, 2023 12:43 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks

With inflation easing and the U.S. economy cooling, is the Federal Reserve done raising interest rates? After all, gently bringing down the trajectory of prices without crashing the economy was the central banks objective...

Jobs report hints that Fed policy is paying off – and that a 'growth recession' awaits

Apr 10, 2023 16:13 pm UTC| Economy

The latest jobs report is in, and the good news is Federal Reserve policy on inflation appears to be working. The bad news is Fed policy on inflation appears to be working. The March 2023 jobs report reveals that the...

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Economy

Asian Stocks Mixed as Korean Chipmakers Rally

Asian stocks traded mixed on Tuesday as strong gains in South Korean semiconductor shares boosted the regions technology sector, while rising oil prices, higher U.S. Treasury yields and expectations for tighter monetary...

Canada Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods Take Effect

Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of U.S. goods early Tuesday, escalating its trade dispute with the United States after negotiations between the two countries collapsed last month. Prime Minister...

Iran Threatens Gulf Energy Assets as U.S. Tensions Escalate

Iran warned Monday that it would retaliate against further U.S. attacks, threatening American oil and gas interests across the Gulf as renewed hostilities raise concerns over global energy supplies and shipping through the...

US Stock Futures Mixed as Fed Rate Hike Bets Rise

U.S. stock futures traded mixed Tuesday as Wall Street returned from the Labor Day holiday, with investors weighing stronger employment data, rising oil prices and growing expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise...

China Exports Surge 25% in August as Trade Surplus Hits $119 Billion

Chinas exports posted another strong increase in August, while imports exceeded market expectations, highlighting resilient trade activity despite signs of weakness in the worlds second-largest economy. Official customs...

Politics

Trump Threatens Bombardier U.S. Sales Ban

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier from selling planes in the United States unless the company expands its manufacturing operations in the country, escalating tensions...

Australia Plans New Rules Giving Users Control Over Social Media Feeds

Australia has proposed new social media regulations that would give users greater control over the content appearing in their feeds, expanding the governments efforts to strengthen online safety and regulate major...

Cuba Says No US Talks as Blockade Costs Hit $8.1 Billion

Cubas foreign minister said Monday that no negotiations with the United States are currently taking place and there are no plans for future talks, as Havana blamed Washingtons decades-old trade embargo for more than $8...

Bolivia Military Barracks Explosion Kills Nine

Bolivian authorities confirmed on Monday that the death toll from an explosion at a military barracks in Viacha has risen to nine, while rescue teams continue searching for people still missing after the deadly blast. The...

Iran Threatens US With ‘Economic Warfare’ as Gulf Tensions Rise

Iran threatened the United States with economic warfare on Tuesday and claimed it had launched an advanced ballistic missile toward U.S. warships, raising concerns about another escalation in the six-month conflict. The...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Qualcomm Stock Jumps on Amazon AI Chip Deal

Qualcomm Technologies (NASDAQ: QCOM) shares surged 9.5% after the chipmaker announced a multi-generational partnership with Amazon to develop custom silicon and high-speed optical connectivity technology for artificial...

Google Revamps EU Search Results to Meet DMA Rules

Alphabets Google has introduced major changes to its search results in Europe as it seeks to comply with European Union antitrust rules under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Google said Tuesday that the overhaul represents...

Anthropic Drops $6 Billion Decart AI Acquisition Talks

Anthropic has reportedly abandoned plans to acquire artificial intelligence startup Decart AI after exploring a potential transaction valued at roughly $6 billion, according to Bloomberg News. The maker of the Claude AI...

Huawei Launches Mate XT2 Foldable Phone in China

Huawei unveiled its latest flagship foldable smartphone, the Mate XT2, on Monday as the Chinese technology giant looks to maintain its dominance in the countrys premium smartphone market amid growing competition from Apple...

Nvidia CEO Says AGI Has Arrived With OpenAI GPT-6 Astra

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has declared that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, has arrived, pointing to OpenAIs newly launched GPT-6 Astra as a major milestone in the accelerating development of...