Today’s column announces the winner of my 2007 Economic Challenge, but I didn’t have space to say much about the runners-up. It was an extremely close race, coming down to the fact that Mark Jelavich’s GDP forecast of 2.8 percent was…

This year’s Economic Challenge is now closed, except for 2007-postmarked pieces of snail mail that may yet trickle in. The 47  of you who have been brave enough to make predictions are an optimistic lot overall, but you’re  worried about inflation.…

As I announced in Sunday’s column, I’m now taking entries for the 2008 Economic Challenge. The rules are simple: You submit your predictions by Dec. 31;  I collect the entries and announce a winner early in 2009.   The prize…

As I announced in Sunday’s column, I’m now accepting entries for the 2007 Economic Challenge. It requires you to submit four predictions:

– The growth rate of gross domestic product from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter…