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Nov. 13, 2006

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
U-M conference will feature national and state economic forecasts

 

DATE: Nov. 16-17, 2006.

EVENT: University of Michigan's 54th annual Economic Outlook Conference.

PLACE: Rackham Building Amphitheater, 915 E. Washington St., Central Campus.

BACKGROUND: Saul Hymans, U-M emeritus professor of economics and director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE), will open the conference with "The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2007-2008" at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 16. Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the U-M Institute for Social Research, will follow at 11 a.m. with "The Consumer Outlook for 2007."

The next day (Nov. 17) at 9:30 a.m., U-M economists George Fulton and Joan Crary will present "The 2007-2008 Outlook for the Michigan Economy."

Other presentations include:

• "Demographics and the Labor Market: How the Graying of the Baby Boom Affects Labor Market Statistics" by Bruce Fallick, Charles Fleischman and Jonathan Pringle of the Federal Reserve System.

• "U.S. Monetary Policy: Chairman Bernanke Takes Charge" by Dana Johnson of Comerica Bank.

• "Spatial Characteristics of Equity Risk Capital: Implications for Regional Growth" by David Brophy of the U-M's Ross School of Business.

• "Driving in Reverse? The Future of the Automotive Sector in the U.S." by Sean McAlinden of the Center of Automotive Research.

• "China's Economic Challenges and Implications for the U.S." by Albert Park of the U-M Department of Economics.

• "The Boom in Oil and Other Commodity Prices: How Long Will It Last?" by Donald Mitchell of the World Bank.

• "The End of the Housing Boom: A Bubble Popping or a Soft Landing?" by David Berson of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

SPONSOR: U-M Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.

CONTACT: Reporters planning to cover the conference should contact Bernie DeGroat, (734) 936-1015.

MORE INFORMATION: Janet Peake at RSQE, (734) 764-2567 or
e-mail rsqe-admin@umich.edu or visit: http://www.umich.edu/~rsqe/pages/Conference.html.

 

Contact: Bernie DeGroat
Phone: (734) 936-1015 or 647-1847