Timing Gives NABE Front Row Seat As Crisis Unfolds

Speaking at the outset of one of the most tumultuous weeks in U.S. financial history, top policymakers and other keynote speakers at NABE’s 50th Annual Meeting laid the groundwork for what was to come in terms of monetary policy and rescue plans that continued to unfold over the month of October. More

Lessons of the Great Credit Crunch

Among other distinctions, this session surely won the award for most timely.  As speakers took to the dais, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had just eclipsed a 500-point daily decline, the Treasury-Eurodollar spread hit an all-time record. More

U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance?

Panelists Jim Meil, David Heuther, and Martha Moore offer different views of the outlook for the U.S. manufacturing sector as global economic factors change. More

Hall Stays Clear of Recession Call in Business Cycle Session

Annual meeting attendees who hoped to hear Robert Hall offer a definitive recession call at his “Dating Business Cycles” session were probably disappointed, but those trying to understand how the National Bureau of Economic Research makes its call certainly were not. More

Best Forecaster, BE Award Winners, Fellows Honored

D. Sanford “Sandy” Batten of JP Morgan received NABE’s Outlook Award as the most accurate forecaster of gross domestic product and Treasury note yields for 2007-2008. Abramson Award winners and NABE fellows are also honored at the annual meeting. More

International News Media Flock to 50th Annual Meeting

NABE’s 50th Annual Meeting was a great success by many standards, and it attracted much media attention. The combination of an extraordinary program of speakers and topics, a terrific hotel location, and media outreach efforts attracted 85 journalists from 58 news outlets. More

Annual Meeting Photos

Here's some more scenes of the Annual Meeting. More

Roundtables Elect Officers for 2008-2009

NABE Roundtables elected officers for the coming year. More

Get Connected Expands as Mentoring Program Is Launched

With an enthusiastic response during the 50th Annual Meeting, NABE’s Get Connected program for early and mid-career professionals now boasts more than 80 members and new features, including a mentoring program, are underway. More

Data Points: New Resources from Around the Agencies

Find new resources in this roundup of recently released reports, including an unusual analysis on the effects of business ownership on jobs and wages, dynamic maps of subprime mortgage conditions, new estimates of health insurance coverage by counties and states, and more. More

Welcome Aboard, New Members

Meet three of NABE’s newest members: Joshua Nacey, Erik Tollefson, and Kyla Wethli. More

President’s Letter

NABE President Chris Varvares outlines plans for new year. More

Windows on the Web: Twittering Business Economics

Webmaster Bruce Kratofil explores advantages of real-time short messaging service called Twitter; reports more than 9,000 website pages a day viewed during annual meeting. More

News Briefs

Register for conference calls on NABE Industry Survey results, outlook survey, and manufacturing outlook, and more. More

Member News

Keep up to date with fellow NABE members. More

Calendar

Keep up to date on all NABE events. More