Program - How To Find and Use Economic Statistics
Sunday, May 21, 2006
1-5 PM Optional Skills Session
“Economic Statistics from the U.S. Government and Other Sources”
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics
“Constructing Price Indexes”
Duncan Meldrum, Air Products
Evening Welcome Reception
Monday, May 22, 2006
7:00-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:15-10:00 AM Gross Domestic Product and the National Accounts
Robert Parker, moderator
Data Producer:
Shelly Smith, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Case Studies:
Ben Herzon, Macroeconomic Advisers
Kathleen Camilli, Camilli Economics
10:00-10:30 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM-12 Noon Concurrent Sessions I
A. Flow of Funds
Data Producer:
Susan Hume McIntosh, Board of Governors,
Federal Resereve System
Case Studies:
Robert T. McGee, United States Trust Company NA
B. Energy
Data Producer:
Margot Anderson, Energy Information Agency
Case Studies:
Thomas Kevin Swift, American Chemistry Council
Ronald J. Planting, American Petroleum Institute
12:00-1:30 PM Luncheon
Catherine Mann, Institute for International Economics
1:30-3:00 Concurrent Sessions II
A. US Employment Statistics
Katharine Abraham, former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, moderator
Data Producer:
Mary Bowler, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Case Study:
Michael Chriszt, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Richard Yamarone, Argus Research
B. Economic Information from Financial Markets
Consumer Finance Survey/Bank Credit Availability Survey
Data Producer:
Stuart Hoffman, PNC Financial Services Group, moderator
Brian K. Bucks, Federal Reserve Board
Donald Inscoe, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Case Studies:
John Silvia, Wachovia Bank
3:00-3:30 PM Networking Break
3:30-5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions III
A. Prices—Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, and PCE Price Index
Kathleen Camilli, Camilli Economics, moderator
Data Producers:
Steve Reed, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index”
Michael Armah, Bureau of Economic Analysis, “Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index”
Case Study:
Joe Cardinale, Air Products
B. Regional Data
Jacqueline Hudson, Virginia Employment Commission, moderator
Data Producer:
Howard Savage, U.S. Census Bureau
Case Studies:
Jack Kleinhenz, Kleinhenz & Associates
Michael Carliner, National Association of Home Builders
Evening Baseball or Dinner Groups
NABE has tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis until April 15 for the Washington Nationals vs. Houston Astros baseball game at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Bus transportation provided.
NABE will also organize small group dinners at restaurants in downtown Washington, DC. Bus transportation will be provided.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
7:30-8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions IV
A. Corporate Profits
Anne Vandenabeele, Capital Strategy Research, moderator
Data Producer:
Rosemary Marcuss, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Case Studies:
Beth Ann Bovino, Standard & Poor’s
Richard Berner, Morgan Stanley
B. Capacity Utilization and Industrial Production
Data Producer:
Norman J. Morin, Federal Reserve Board
Case Studies:
Charles Steindel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Robert Fry, DuPont
10-10:30 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM-12:00 Noon Concurrent Sessions V
A. U.S. Productivity
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, moderator
Data Producer:
Steven Rosenthal, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Case Study:
Patrick Casey, TTX
B. Surveys
William Dunkelberg, National Federation of Independent Business
Richard Curtin, Consumer Confidence Survey, University of Michigan
Robert Kemp,
Kemp Enterprises,
Institute for Supply Management
