EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: Nov. 20-21, 2014

EVENT: University of Michigan’s 62nd annual Economic Outlook Conference

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

U-M economists Daniil Manaenkov and Matthew Hall will open the conference with “The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2015-2016” at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 20. 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 2015” at 11 a.m.

The next day (Nov. 21) at 9:30 a.m., U-M economists George Fulton, Joan Crary and Donald Grimes will present “The 2015-2016 Outlook for the Michigan Economy.”

Other presentations include:

• “After the Great Recession: Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policies” by Sheldon Danziger, president of the Russell Sage Foundation and the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy at U-M.
• “The U.S. Recovery: Just Hitting Its Stride—Or Running Out of Room?” by Nigel Gault, co-chief economist at The Parthenon Group.
• “Why Isn’t the Housing Recovery More Robust?” by David Berson, senior vice president and chief economist at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
• “Will the Election Change Small Business’ Views about Growth?” by William Dunkelberg, professor of economics at Temple University and chief economist at the National Federation of Independent Business.
• “The Future of Detroit Urban Governance” by Kevin Orr, emergency manager of the city of Detroit.
• “Economic Shocks, Chronic Distress, and Urban Economic Resilience” by Hal Wolman, professor of political science, public policy and public administration at George Washington University.
• “Connected, Automated, and Self-Driving: Vehicles of Tomorrow (and Today)” by Richard Wallace, director of transportation systems analysis at the Center for Automotive Research.

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

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