EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: Nov. 15-16, 2012

EVENT: University of Michigan’s 60th annual Economic Outlook Conference

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

BACKGROUND: U-M economist Daniil Manaenkov will open the conference with “The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2013-2014” at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 15. Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers at the Institute for Social Research, will also present “The Outlook for Consumption in 2013” at 11 a.m.

The next day (Nov. 16) at 9:30 a.m., U-M economist George Fulton, director of the U-M Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, will present “The 2013-2014 Outlook for the Michigan Economy.”

Other presentations include:

• “After the Bailout: Future Prospects for the U.S. Auto Sector” by Sean McAlinden, executive vice president of research and chief economist, Center for Automotive Research
• “The Crisis in Europe and the Prognosis for the Euro” by Kathryn Dominguez, U-M professor of public policy and economics, and Linda Tesar, U-M professor of economics
• “U.S. Financial Markets and Policy” by David Berson, senior vice president and chief economist, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
• “The 2012 Drought and Impacts on Retail Food Prices” by Richard Volpe, economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• “Election 2012: The Campaign End…But Not the Battles for the New Administration” by Don Gonyea, national political correspondent, National Public Radio
• “U.S. and Midwest Housing and Mortgage Markets” by Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist, Freddie Mac
• “Is There a Labor Shortage in the Midwest? What Do the Data Say and Why Do Employers Disagree?” by George Erickcek, senior regional analyst, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

SPONSOR: U-M Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, Department of Economics

INFORMATION: http://rsqe.econ.lsa.umich.edu/pages/Conference.html

EDITORS: If planning to cover, contact Bernie DeGroat (see above). A mult box and free parking at the Palmer Drive Parking Structure off Washtenaw Avenue will be provided.