News Briefs

Mark your calendar for NABE’s 52nd Annual Meeting in Denver October 9-12 at the Grand Hyatt Denver.  The theme is “Mile-High Challenges to Economic Prosperity” and the meeting will address a wide range of topics with top policymakers and private analysts on the program.  As of late April, confirmed speakers include Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Hal Varian, chief economist of Google, Inc.; and Robert Samuelson, contributing editor of Newsweek and the Washington Post.   Stay tuned for more details and watch the website for registration materials. 

An ad hoc group of data users has mounted a petition drive against the proposed elimination of the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program in the Labor Department’s fiscal 2011 budget, which would save $2 million a year.  Compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the ILC program produces what are regarded as high quality international comparisons on labor force, productivity, hourly compensation, and prices for many industrialized countries and several developing countries.  Judging by BLS’ own count of “hits” to data series available on its website, the ILC statistics are as popular as the agency’s current employment statistics (CES) program, with 1.5 million hits each in 2009. Robert Bednarzik, a professor at Georgetown University, and Edwin Dean, former BLS associate commissioner for productivity and technology and now an economics consultant, and are leading the effort to convince members of Congress not to eliminate the ILC program. There's more information on the petition drive online.

The 2010 election process for choosing members of NABE’s Board of Directors has begun as the Nominating Committee invited recommendations by April 30 for officers, board members, and Fellows.  Current officers and Board members are here and Fellows are here. The election will be held in June when members will receive electronic ballots that must be cast by June 30.  The 2010 Nominating Committee members are: Chris Varvares, Macroeconomic Advisers, Chair Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics; Stuart Hoffman, The PNC Financial Services Group; Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Nominating Committee Chair, Ford Motor Company; Catherine Mann, Brandeis University; and Lynn Reaser, Point Loma Nazarene University.

Register now for the NABE Technology Roundtable teleconference set for Wednesday, May 5 at 2:00 PM (EDT), on " Emerging Energy Technologies: What Transformations are Coming?" Brooks Robinson, vice chairperson of the Roundtable, will moderate a panel with Paul Kearns, division leader for Battelle Corporation's Global Laboratory and Operations; Richard B. Miller, director of Consolidated Edison's Energy Market Policy Group; and Ross Roley, administrator of the U.S. Pacific Command's (PACOM) Energy Office and coordinator of PACOM's Energy Strategies, Experimentation, and Innovation. For more information and to register for the teleconference, see the Technology Roundtable Events page.

On Thursday, May 13, the Real Estate/Construction Roundtable will host a teleconference on "Homeowner Helper or HAMPer: An Assessment of Government Loss Mitigation Programs."  Jesse Abraham, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, will moderate a discussion with Larry Cordell, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Click here for more information and to register for the teleconference.

Join three industry-leading NABE members as they share the latest information on the current state and future outlook for the automotive industry during the Automotive Economic Forecast and Financial Forum, May 10-11 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown-Magnificent Mile. The program will feature presentations from top economists and analysts, including NABE members Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Ford Motor Co.; Mark Vitner, Wells Fargo Securities; and William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. As a special guest of NABE, you are entitled to an exclusive $100 discount off of the registration price. To register using your $100 discount: 1) Visit the registration page 2) Enter your registration information as it is requested; 3) Use your coupon code NABE100 (the coupon code is case sensitive) to redeem your $100 discount on registration.

Check out the archives of all NABE Teleconferences on the NABE Website. Click here to download podcasts of recent teleconferences you may have missed. Newly available podcasts include "The Current Environment for Venture Capital and Start-ups," The NABE Industry Survey," "It Ain't Over" (Financial Roundtable), and "The Fiscal Crisis in Greece and Implications for the Eurozone." Charges may apply.

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