News Briefs

If you will be in Chicago on Jan. 5-7, plan to attend NABE’s two sessions at the ASSA meeting: (1) Current Trends and Issues in the American Labor Market on Fri., Jan. 5 at 2:30 p.m.; and (2) International Capital Flows:  Measurement, Implications, and Policy Analysis on Sat., Jan. 6 at 10:15 a.m.  Kevin Kliesen, Catherine Mann, and Carl Tannenbaum organized the sessions.  For the list of distinguished speakers and session locations, see http://www.nabe.com/publib/assa2007.html

It’s not too early to mark Sept. 9-11 on your calendars for NABE’s 2007 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The theme is “Global Integration and the Pacific Partnership” and it will be held at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco.  Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will be the opening keynote speaker and the FRB will host a reception on Monday evening. See details as they emerge on the website.

Call for Contributed Papers: As a NABE member, you are encouraged to participate actively in the NABE Annual Meeting in San Francisco on Sept. 9-11, 2007.  How?  By submitting a paper for the NABE Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Papers Award.  There is a $1,000 prize for the best paper.  See the guidelines in Business Economics and on the website at http://www.nabe.com/cfp07.html.

Nominations are invited for the 2007 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics. Contributions are recognized for statistical research, development of statistical tools, application of information technology techniques, use of economic statistical programs, management of statistical programs, or developing public understanding of measurement issues. Individuals or groups in the public or private sector from any country can be nominated.  The award will be presented with an honorarium of $750 plus additional recognition from the sponsors. A nomination form and a list of all previous recipients are available on the ASA Website at www.amstat.org/sections/bus_econ/shiskin.html or by writing to the Julius Shiskin Award Committee, Attn: Monica Clark, American Statistical Association, 732 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1943.  Completed nominations must be received by April 1, 2007. For further information contact Steven Paben, Julius Shiskin Award Committee Secretary, at paben.steven@bls.gov.

The November 2006 NABE Outlook Survey has received excellent media coverage.  NABE President Carl Tannenbaum did interviews about the survey with CNN Radio, AP Radio, the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, Voice of America Radio, CNBC, and Bloomberg News. In addition, Wachovia Chief Economist John Silvia discussed the survey on the Marketplace Morning Report.  Original reports about the survey were published in a number of outlets, including the Associated Press (multiple articles), AFX, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Barron’s, Finfacts Ireland, Free Market News, The Riverside Press-Enterprise (California), Workers Independent News, and MiningMX.com (South Africa).