The Grumpy Economist

Well all this hot weather and staying in the cool house has given me plenty of time to work on fun things to add to our Etsy shop. This is the world’s largest car market — responsible for around 30 percent of global passenger vehicle sales — announcing an imminent

How AUTOMOTIVE Made Me A Better Salesperson

Escalating repair and medical costs, deteriorating highway infrastructure, and increased miles driven are among the factors that raised the loss and loss adjustment expense ratio in recent years—to 78.4 in 2015 and to 81.1 in 2016. While overall demand is waning in the U.S. market, buyers continue to snap up