DATE: Nov. 20-21, 2008.

EVENT: University of Michigan’s 56th annual Economic Outlook Conference.

PLACE: Rackham Building Amphitheater, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor.

BACKGROUND: U-M economist Joan Crary will open the conference with “The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2009-2010” at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 20. Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the U-M Institute for Social Research, will follow with “The Outlook for Consumption in 2009” at 11 a.m.

The next day (Nov. 21) at 9:30 a.m., U-M economist George Fulton will present “The 2009-2010 Outlook for the Michigan Economy.”

Other presentations include:

• “Economic Responses to the Monetary Policy Signals of 2007: A Small Business Perspective,” William Dunkelberg, Temple University and the National Federation of Independent Business.
• “The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the 2007 Mortgage Default Crisis,” Amir Sufi, University of Chicago.
• “The Determinants of U.S. Retail Food Price Inflation,” Ephraim Leibtag, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• “Has the 2008 Income Tax Rebate Increased Consumption?” Matthew Shapiro, U-M Department of Economics.
• “Coastal Cities: Climate Change Impacts and Response Strategies,” Lisa Shaffer, University of California, San Diego.
• “The Economics of Health Care Reform in 2009,” Helen Levy, U-M School of Public Health.
• “Has the Housing Market Hit Bottom Yet?” David Berson, PMI Group.

RSVP: Media planning to attend should RSVP to Bernie DeGroat at bernied@umich.edu

SPONSOR: U-M Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE).

MORE INFORMATION: AContact Louise Reed at RSQE, (734) 764-2567 or

rsqe-admin@umich.edu, or visit: http://rsqe.econ.lsa.umich.edu/pages/Conference.html