U-M conference: U.S. economic forecast and consumer outlook for 2004

November 10, 2003
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ANN ARBOR—The 2004 forecast and consumer outlook for the U.S. economy will highlight the University of Michigan’s 51st Economic Outlook Conference Nov. 20-21 at the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St.

Saul Hymans, U-M professor of economics and statistics and director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE), will open the conference with a presentation of "The U.S. Economic Outlook" at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 20. Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR), will follow with "The Consumer Outlook for 2004" at 11 a.m.

The next day (Nov. 21) at 9:30 a.m., U-M economists Joan Crary and George Fulton will present "The 2004 Outlook for the Michigan Economy." Other presentations during the two-day conference include:

—"The Small Business Perspective on the Economic Outlook" by William Dunkelberg, chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business and professor at Temple University’s School of Business and Management (Nov. 20).

—"The U.S. Economic Outlook: A Financial Markets Perspective" by John Silvia, chief economist for Wachovia Bank, N.A. (Nov. 20).

—"Mexico-U.S. Economic Integration and Export Competition from China" by Sergio Luna Martinez, senior vice president in the Division of Economic and Sociopolitical Research at Banamex, the largest financial institution in Mexico (Nov. 20).

—"The Central Banker as Risk Manager: Quantifying & Forecasting Inflation Risks" by Lutz Killian, U-M professor of economics (Nov. 20).

—"Corporate Governance: An Insider’s View" by Marina Whitman, professor of business administration and public policy at the Michigan Business School (Nov. 20).

—"Will 20th Century Energy Sources Satisfy 21st Century Needs?" by Carol Dahl, professor of economics at the Colorado School of Mines (Nov. 21).

—"The Accuracy of the Government’s Estimates of GDP" by E. Philip Howrey, U-M professor of economics (Nov. 21).

More information about the conference can be found on the Web at http://rsqe.econ.lsa.umich.edu/conference.htm.