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2010 Members-Only Podcasts

November NABE Outlook Podcast

George Kahn, FRB of Kansas City
William Strauss, FRB of Chicago
Richard DeKaser, The Parthenon Group
Recorded 11/22/2010. Download now
File Size 4.4 MB Time 14:46

October NABE Industry Survey Podcast

Bill Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Shawn DuBravac, Consumer Electronics Association
Tim Gill, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America
Recorded October 25, 2010. Download now
File size 7.9 MB Time 25:19

 

"Small Business and Healthcare Reform: Where Now?"

Chad Moutray, Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research, U.S. Small Business Administration
Robert F. Graboyes, Senior Healthcare Advisor, National Federation of Independent Business

File size 7.9 MB Time 54:55 Download now

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2009 Podcasts

The Problem in Nonresidential Real Estate: How Big, How Bad, How Soon?

Sam Chandan, Real Estate Econometrics
Doug Poutasse, National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries

The valuation declines that have laid waste to the housing market have also impacted commercial real estate with values reported to NCREIF down 25% from the peak through 2Q 2009.  As with the housing market, there is weakness in demand for commercial space bringing occupancy down across property types to lows not seen since early in the decade. Although supply is less of an issue this time, the concentration of construction activity in a few markets will add to the overhang of space created by the recession.  Property owners that need to roll-over their balloon debt are faced with the loss of securitization financing and tightened standards among the commercial banks that have been their stalwart investors.  Is this slow-motion train wreck large enough to warrant a TALF II financing program or generate the second-leg down in a W-shaped recession?

File Size 7.8 MB Time 54:24 Download now

2009 Adam Smith Address

Lawrence Summers, National Economics Council
File Size 16.7 MB, Time 57:58 Download now

World Investment Prospects Survey

Parul Jain, MacroFin Analytics, moderator
Fabrice Hatem, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD
Michael Stephen Hanni, Economist, UNCTAD

This teleconference highlights the prospects for foreign direct investment plans by multi-national corporations in the aftermath of the global crisis. It addresses questions such as: To what extent will the crisis affect foreign direct investment flows? When can a rebound be expected? Are there signs of recovery? Which host regions and industries will be most affected? What are some of the internationalization strategies?
File Sixe 18 MB Time 1:00:21 Download Now

Are Foreigners Losing Their Interest in U.S. Investments?

Speakers: Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, IHS Global Insight
Torsten Slok, Senior Economist and Director, Deutsche Bank Securities
Jay Bryson, Global Economist, Wachovia Corporation

Despite extremely low yields, foreign investors flocked to the safety of U.S. Treasury securities last autumn. However, budget deficits as far as the eye can see are causing some investors to question whether the relatively low yields of U.S. Treasury securities adequately compensate them for the risk of potentially higher inflation. Will foreign investors eschew U.S. Treasuries and other fixed income investments? What are the implications for the external accounts of the United States and the value of the dollar?
File Size 16 MB Time 55:57 Download now

Breakdown, Adjustment and Rebuilding the Financial sector, and Its Impact on the Real Economy

Speakers: John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wachovia Bank
Nayantara Hensel, Chief Economist, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, moderator

The NABE Financial Roundtable hosted a teleconference with John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wachovia Bank on the current state of financial markets. Recorded June 26, 2009.
File Size 16.3 MB Time 56:38 Download now.

Recovery of International Agricultural Trade after Bursting of the Agricultural Price Bubble

Speakers:Stewart Ramsey, Senior Economist, Agricultural Services, IHS Global Insight
Ronald Trostle, Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
William Janis, International Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, moderator

During 2007-08, agricultural commodity prices soared due to a various conventional and extraordinary factors.  This phenomenon affected all countries which either export or import agricultural products.  The global recession has substantially reduced agricultural trade flows.  With glimmers of an economic recovery in the United States, the world’s largest agricultural exporter, will prospects for global agricultural trade improve by 2010?
File Size 18.0 MB, Time 1:02:57 Download now

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Speakers: Larry Chapman, VP, WebMD
Barry Hall, Principal Researcher, Buck Consultants
Richard O'Sullivan, Vice Chair, Health Economics Roundtable

In the tug-of-war between controlling healthcare costs and increasing access for the uninsured, little attention has been given to efforts to reduce healthcare demand.The NABE Health Economic Roundtable (HERT) sponsored a podcast on employer-sponsored healthcare programs featuring two recognized experts in the field. Larry Chapman MPH, WebMD's senior VP and director of its WellCert Program, who has been called "one of the world's foremost authorities on worksite wellness" speaks to the costs and benefits of wellness programs to employers, employees and insurers. Joining Larrywas Barry Hall, the principal researcher for Buck Consultants' annual global wellness practices research. Barry shared the recent work demonstrating increased wellness spending even through the recession and how different wellness program objectives around the globe have influenced their design and outcomes.
File Size 18.6 MB Time 1:05:02 Download now

How the Recession is Affecting Small Business

Speakers:William Dunkelberg, Chief Economist, NFIB
Daniel Bean, FDIC, moderator

How are U.S. entrepreneurs adjusting to the current economic environment? Is the economic impact on small businesses greater than that on larger businesses? Do any opportunities exist for small businesses in the current economic environment? Will existing small businesses be the force to bring this economy out of the recession? These and other questions on the recession and small business will be addressed. Recorded 5/14/2009
Time 40:17 File Size 11.5 MB Download now

Juggling Act: Housing, Real Estate Finance, and the Economy

Speakers: Amy Crews Cutts, Freddie Mac
James Diffley, IHS Global Insight
Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors
Moderators: Robert Kleinhenz, California Association of REALTORS ®, and Michael Chriszt, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Has the housing market turned the corner? What parts of the country will turn around first? How will the recession affect the number of foreclosures and home prices? What are the prospects for residential construction? These and other questions on the housing market situation will be addressed by a panel of housing experts. Recorded 4/23/09
Time 55:57, File Size 16.1 MB Download now

The New Global Financial Architecture and the Supervision of Systemically Important Banks

Speakers: Leszek Balcerowicz, Member of the de Larosiere Commission, Professor of Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics (WSE), former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, former President of the National Bank of Poland
Richard Spillenkothen, Director, Regulatory & Capital Markets Consulting, Deloitte, and former head of banking supervision and regulation at the Federal Reserve Board
Moderator: Stuart P.M. Mackintosh, Chair of the International Roundtable, Executive Director of the Group of Thirty

The April 2, G20 summit in London will drive the process of redesigning the global architecture of financial supervision and oversight of systemically important financial institutions.  The teleconference will review the challenges ahead and discuss the possible results of the G20 deliberations, European proposals for reform, and US steps toward domestic regulatory reform. 
Time: 46:59 File size 13.5 MB Download now

The 2012 Revision To The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)

Speakers: John Murphy, chair of the Economic Classification Policy Committee
Other committe members
Moderator: Maurine Haver

Decisions are being made right now that will affect the industry data that will be collected beginning in 2012.  Now is the time to learn about these changes and to offer suggestions on new and emerging industries that should be included.  Other important decisions under consideration include the possible reduction in manufacturing industry detail and how outsourcing should be treated in NAICS.  John Murphy, chair of the Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), will lead the discussion.  Other ECPC members from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau will be available to answer questions specific to industry data reported by those agencies. Recorded 3/19/2009
Time: 59:42 File Size 24 MB; Download now

2008 Podcasts

Financial Proposals to Stabilize the US Mortgage Market

Date: November 19, 2008
Speakers: Dr. RIchard Brown, FDIC
Dr. David Berson, PMI Group
Moderator: Dr. Nayantara Hensel, US Naval Postgraduate School

A number of proposals have been suggested to stabilize the US mortgage market. As economic conditions deteriorate, the impetus for loan modification has increased. Most recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the FDIC have provided loan modification plans, while various banks, such as Citigroup, Bank of America, etc. are engaging in loan modification programs. The purpose of the teleconference is to examine the various loan modification programs, their implementation and target audience, and their proposed impact, as well as to discuss the recent trends in the US mortgage markets.
Time: 55:31; File Size 22.3 MB; Download now

The Financial Panic

Date: September 17, 2008
Speakers:
Lyle Gramley, former Fed Governor/Senior Economic Advisor, The Washington Research Group
Laurence Meyer, former Fed Governor/Vice Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s
Stuart Hoffman, Chief Economist, PNC Financial Services, moderator

The panel talks about the events of the past couple of weeks.
Time: 1:00:11; File Size 17.3 MB; Download now

Oil Prices and the Cost of Logistics

Date: August 21, 2008
Speakers:
Bob Costello, Chief Economist and Vice President, American Trucking Association Slideshow (PDF)
Jeff Rubin, Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets Slideshow (PDF)
Kathryn Kobe, Direction of Price, Wage and Productivity Analysis, ECS, LLC, moderator

With the price of a barrel of oil well over $100 per barrel, the cost of transportation is becoming more of an issue in the decision making of manufacturers. Jeff Rubin, the Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets, will discuss his research on the impact on globalization of the soaring cost of oil and how the increase in shipping costs is challenging the low-wage advantage of outsourcing to Asia. Bob Costello, Chief Economist and Vice President of the American Trucking Associations will discuss the realities of higher transportation costs in the U.S. economy.
Time: 54:48; File size 15.6 MB; Download now

Housing in Real Time

Date: July 24, 2008
Speakers:
Robert Kleinhenz, California Association of Realtors (Slideshow)
Sean Snaith, University of Central Florida (Slideshow)
Sara Johnson, Global Insight (Slideshow)
Ann Dunbar, Bureau of Economic Analysis, moderater

The housing situation continues to dominate the economic outlook.  This teleconference presents thenational outlook as well as a look at two hard-hit states, California and Florida. Recorded 7/24/2008.
Time: 59:42; File Size 17 MB; Download now

Where We Stand On the Financial Crisis

Date: July 2, 2008
Speakers:
Peter Hooper, Chief U.S. Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities
Scott Pardee, Professor of Monetary Economics, Middlebury College
Charles Peabody, Portales Partners
Robert T. McGee, U.S. Trust and Bank of America Wealth Management, moderater

The NABE Financial Roundtable hosts this update on the financial crisis. Recorded 7/2/2008.
Time: 1:01:57; 17.8 MB; Download now

Capital Spending and Financing Outlook

Date: June 19, 2008
Speakers:
John Walker, Chairman, Oxford Economics
Ralph Petta, Vice President -- Research and Industry Services, Equipment Leasing & Finance Association
Moderator:
Thomas Kevin Swift, Chief Economist, American Chemistry Council, and Chair, Manufacturing Roundtable

Business investment slipped slightly during the 1st quarter and recent factory orders have been mixed, as has business sentiment. All of this may herald the loss of this leg supportive of the economy. This teleconference focused on these issues as well as that of credit availability and the role of leasing as an alternative. Two perspectives are provided, that of a leading economic consultancy and forecaster and that of the equipment leasing and financing industry. Recorded 6/19/2008.
Time: 1:09:13; 19.9 MB; Download now

Credit Shocks and Economic Aftershocks

Date: May 6, 2008
Speakers:
Richard Brown, FDIC
Stuart Hoffman, PNC Financial Services
John Silvia, Wachovia Bank
Moderator:
Nayantara Hensel, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

The panel look at the current turmoil in financial markets, and at some of the proposed cures.
Time: 57:15; 19.6 MB. Download now

Politics and Business in Russia After the Elections

Date: April 24, 2008
Speaker: Stanislav Shekshnia, Affiliate Professor INSEAD, author, entrepreneur
Moderator: Andrea Keenan, AM Best
Stanislav Shekshnia discusses the Russian political environment and the transition as Vladimir Putin steps down as Russian president. Recorded 4/24/2008.
Time: 46:56, File Size 10.7 MB Download now

Asian Outlook and Prospects for Industries

Date: April 7, 2008
Speakers: Ifzal Ali, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank; Mark Killion, CFA, Managing Director, World Industry Services, Global Insight;
Moderator: Stuart Mackintosh, International Roundtable Chair/Executive Director, The Group of Thirty
Ifzal Ali discusses Asian economic development and the impact of global financial markets, the effects of U.S. credit crunch, whether rising food and energy prices will fan inflationary flames across the region, and how policymakers should deal with rising inflation and a slowdown in global growth.  Mark Killion follows with a discussion of the changing prospects for industry activity, spending and profits, and more.  He shows which sectors are the likely winners and losers in Asia and compares those to the rest of the world. 
Time: 59:03, File Size 13.6 MB Download now

"The CPI: Proposed Initiatives to Improve the Measurement of Headline Inflation"

Date: April 2, 2008
Speakers: Michael W. Horrigan, Bureau of Labor Statistics; W. John Layng, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Moderator: Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics
BLS Associate Commissioner Mike Horrigan and BLS Assistant Commissioner for CPI John Layng discuss plans to significantly improve the shelter component of the CPI and to update the geographic samples in which prices for CPI are collected. 
Time: 1:01:17, File Size 14.3 MB Download now

"Health Care Information Technology and Financing’s Next Frontier: The Potential of Medical Banking"

Date: February 26, 2008
Speaker: Stephen Parente, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, and Director, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, University of Minnesota.
Moderator: Devon Herrick, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis and Health Economics Roundtable Chair.
This session explores the potential for more extensive use of information technology, including:  Can medical banking card technologies be a viable personal health records platform?  In addition, the teleconference discusses the hurdles—financial, technical, and institutional—that need to be surmounted to achieve these objectives. 
Time: 1:02:39, File Size 14.4 MB Download now

Whither Goes Housing

Date: February 22, 2008
Speakers:
David Berson, Senior Vice President, Chief Economist and Strategist, The PMI Group, Inc.
Dowell Myers, Professor and Director, Population Dynamics Research Group, University of Southern California
Moderator: Kathryn Kobe, Director, Price Wage & Productivity Analysis, Economic Consulting Services LLC
The housing sector is an important end-use market for manufacturing and the decline of housing activity has directly affected a number of industries, especially those involved in supplying construction materials but also those supplying consumer products (appliances, furniture, carpeting, etc.) typically associated with a home purchase. Falling home prices characterize this business cycle and are now affecting manufacturing industries indirectly as consumers retrench, moderating the demand for durable and non-durable goods and then feeding back to orders and production.
Time: 59:20, File Size 16.9 MB Download now

Planning Emerging Transportation Technologies

Date: February 12, 2008
Speakers:
Mark A. Alexander, Vehicle Systems Analysis, Electric Power Research Institute
Austan S. Librach, Director, Emerging Transportation Technologies, Austin Energy (Slides)
Daniel Bean, Financial Analyst, FDIC, moderator
The economic benefit of cleaner operating vehicles could prove to be enormous. The United States could maintain a strong economy plus boost American jobs and competitiveness by increasing the nation’s energy supply from all sources – oil, gas, coal, nuclear, and alternative fuels and technologies. Specifically, the nation’s power delivery systems could be expanded to accommodate electric vehicles. A benefit from this might be the improvement in the environment through greater efficiency, technology-based solutions to address greenhouse gas emissions and a reduction in air pollution.
Time: 49:45; File Size 17.0 MB Download now

The Benefits of Neuroeconomics

Date: February 6, 2008
Speakers:
Kevin McCabe, The George Mason University
Jason Zweig, senior writer, Money Magazine
Brooks Robinson, Technology Roundtable Chair, moderator
Neuroeconomics is the experimental study of how emergent mental computations in the brain interact with the emergent computations of institutions to produce legal, political, and economic order.  For the NABE membership, the important consideration is “Can knowledge about, and the use of, neuroeconomics enhance the bottom lines of commercial enterprises?”
Time: 59:02; File Size: 20.3 MB Download now.

The Fiscal Stimulus

Date: January 30, 2008
Speakers:
Douglas Elmendorf, The Brookings Institution
Rudolph Penner, The Urban Institute
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Ford Motor Company, and
Chris Varvares, Macroeconomic Advisers, moderators
What will be the effects of the proposed fiscal stimulus legislation?
Time: 58:50; File size 23.6 MB. Download now