News Briefs

Mark your calendar for the 2008 Professional Development Seminar scheduled for June 16-18 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Watch for details soon on NABE’s fourth annual PDS.

NABE will sponsor two sessions at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) meeting Jan. 4-6, 2008, in New Orleans. One session will focus on monetary policy from a global perspective and the other will focus on stock options in the national income and product accounts. For details go to: http://nabe.com/publib/assa2008.html.

President Ellen Hughes-Cromwick represented NABE at the National Council on Economic Education’s Visionary Awards ceremony in New York City on Oct. 30.

Nominations are invited for the 2008 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, 2008. For further information contact Steven Paben, Julius Shiskin Award Committee secretary, at paben.steven@bls.gov.

The November NABE Outlook Survey has received exceptional media coverage since its Nov.19 release, according to press officer Melissa Golding, and continues to be cited and sourced in a wide variety of news outlets. Survey spokesperson Ellen Hughes-Cromwick was interviewed by CNN Radio, Associated Press Radio, the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, CBS Radio News, Bloomberg Radio, Voice of America Radio, Bloomberg Television, FinancialWeek, Fox News Radio, USA Today, Biz Radio Network (Houston-Dallas-Fort Worth) and K-LOVE Radio (a nationwide radio network).

Other outlets that have run reports about the survey include the Associated Press (multiple reports), Reuters, United Press International, Bloomberg News, MarketWatch, CNBC.com, Smartmoney.com, AFX, Providence Business News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Barron’s, the Eagle-Tribune (New Hampshire), NewsRoomAmerica.com, Bloomberg News (multiple mentions), the Houston Chronicle, CNBC.com, The State (SC), the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Boston Herald, The Business Report (South Africa), Consumer Affairs, Sky News Australia, United Press International, BusinessWeek, AHN, Havelock News (NC), RTT News (NY), CNNMoney.com, the Lansing State Journal (MI), the International Herald Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, Online Athens (GA), the Chicago Tribune, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the Northern Miner (Canada), Investor’s Business Daily, Nikkei (Japan), Dagens Industri (Sweden), the Financial Times, and EFE News Services.

The October NABE Industry Survey received outstanding news coverage following its release on Oct. 22, according to press officer Melissa Golding. Survey spokesperson Sara Johnson of Global Insight was interviewed by Associated Press Radio, the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, CNN Radio, Bloomberg Television, Reuters Television, FinancialWeek, Voice of America Radio, and KCSN Radio (California). Among the other outlets to cover the survey were Dow Jones Newswires, the Associated Press, Reuters, MarketWatch, Bloomberg News, BusinessWeek, AHN, Conde Nast Portfolio, Fox Business News, Hearst-Argyle TV, and Tokyo TV (Japanese National Television).

Podcasts are now available for several recent NABE teleconferences, including the Manufacturing Roundtable’s Nov. 30 "U.S. Manufacturing Outlook" at http://www.nabe.com/rt/mfg/events.html; the Technology Roundtable’s Nov. 13 "Viewpoints on the R&E Tax Credit: What's Needed Now and Outlook" at http://www.nabe.com/rt/tech/techevents.html; the Manufacturing Roundtable’s Nov. 8 "Commodity Outlook" at http://www.nabe.com/rt/mfg/events.html; and the Financial Roundtable’s Nov. 1 session on "The Unfolding Credit Crisis" at http://www.nabe.com/rt/fin/events.html.