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Session 9: The NABE Outlook
9:15-10:30 am Ballroom BC
This session features the release of the NABE Outlook, the “closely watched survey of economists,” according to abcNEWS.com. Produced quarterly, the survey is now in its 34th year.
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Speakers
Stuart G. Hoffman
PNC Financial Services
presiding
Duncan Meldrum
Chief Economist
Air Products and Chemicals
NABE President
Duncan Meldrum is the Chief Economist for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a $5.5 billion industrial gas and chemicals company serving customers in over 30 countries. As Chief Economist, he assesses the impact of the economic environment on the company’s performance for the executive management team and develops global economic assumptions for the company’s operating plans. He provides operating groups with pricing assistance, contract support and market analyses. He also serves as the company’s economics spokesperson.
He received a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973, a M.S. degree in Operations Research from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Lehigh University in 1992. He is a member of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Census Bureau. He serves as a director on the boards of the APCI Federal Credit Union and the nonprofit Parkette National Gymnastics Center. His other professional associations include the Conference of Business Economists, the National Business Economic Issues Council, and the American Economics Association.
Carl Tannenbaum
Chief Economist
LaSalle Bank-ABN AMRO
