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Mark J. Perry

Affiliation: University of Michigan

Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan.

He holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Since 1997, Professor Perry has been a member of the Board of Scholars for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan research and public policy institute in Michigan.

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Mark J. Perry's Latest Articles | 264

Market, Real Estates Updates

Sep 14, 2012| 

1. DQ News — “Southern California home sales rose to the highest level for the month of August in six years, fueled by low mortgage rates, a healthier... Read »

Banks Have Returnd to Pre-Recession Conditions – Reports Suggests

Aug 28, 2012| 

The FDIC released its Quarterly Banking Profile today for the second quarter, here are some highlights: 1. U.S. banks earned a total of $34.5 billion from April... Read »

Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes Set New Records

Aug 28, 2012| 

Here are some initial observations on today’s report from S&P/Case-Shiller on its Home Price Indexes for July and Q2: 1. The 2.3% monthly increase in the... Read »

Top 20 Stock Market Returns Over the Last Year

Aug 26, 2012| 

With all of the bad news coming out of Europe, and the ongoing gloom and doom in America with predictions of a pending double-dip recession, it might be counter-intuitive... Read »

July Durable Goods Shipments Reach Record High

Aug 24, 2012| 

The Census Bureau reported today that both: a) new orders and b) actual shipments of manufactured durable goods showed strong monthly gains in July, increasing by... Read »

2012: The Year of the Housing Recovery

Aug 21, 2012| 

Here are some highlights from yesterday’s RE/MAX National Housing Report for July, based on Multiple Listing Service housing data in approximately 54 metropolitan... Read »

The Higher Education Academic Conference Racket

Aug 16, 2012| 20

At the risk of being accused of exposing one of higher education’s “dirty little secrets,” let’s have a frank discussion about the market... Read »

Anatomy of a Real Estate Recovery

Aug 13, 2012| 

The chart below provides evidence of the significant recovery going on in the Minneapolis Area real estate market, based on new data for market activity there in... Read »

3D Printer Could Build a Custom House in 20 Hours

Aug 12, 2012| 

Yahoo News — “An engineering professor, Behrokh Khoshnevis, at the University of Southern California, is really thinking big: He has figured out a way... Read »

Why So Many Empty Olympics Seats

Aug 1, 2012| 

A few days back, I suggested that maybe if the London police weren’t arresting so many people for “ticket scalping,” entering into voluntary ticket... Read »

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