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2006 Events
December 21
Harry Holzer
Georgetown University
"Employment in the 1990's Boom: Implications for 2007 and Beyond"
Rapporteur
This speech will be broadcast on 12/22 on on C-Span I at 1:07 pm. Please watch C-Span's schedule to see if it will be rebroadcast. If you are interested, the video can be purchased from C-Span. Details are on their website.
December 19
Lewis Alexander
Chief Economist
Citigroup
"The 2007 Global Economic Outlook: Opportunity and Risk in a Low Volatility World"
Slideshow
Rapporteur
NEC ON C-SPAN. The 12/19 talk by Lewis Alexander, Chief Economist, Citigroup, to the National Economists Club (the NABE chapter in Washington) was broadcast 12/20 on C-Span radio, C-Span-1 TV (starting at 11.01a), and C-Span-2 TV (starting at 5.19p). Please watch C-Span's schedule to see if it will be rebroadcast. If you are interested, the video can be purchased from C-Span. Details are on their website.
December 14
Health Care Panel: "How do the CPI and PPI Price Medical Services ?"
Moderator: Michael Horrigan, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
CPI Expert: Dan Ginsburg, Bureau of Labor Statistics
PPI Expert: Bonnie Murphy, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commentators: Mark Freeland, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Slideshow
Rapporteur
December 7
Dr. Chad Moutray
Chief Economist/Director, Office of Economic Research
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy
"The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President" http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sb_econ2006.pdf
Rapporteur
November 30
Dr. Daniel Meckstroth
Chief Economist
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI
“Manufacturing Competitiveness with Low-Wage Countries: Revealing the ‘Hidden Costs’ ” Slideshow
Rapporteur
November 15
Joint lunch NEC-SGE
Frank Nothaft, Chief Economist
Freddie Mac
"The Economic and Housing Outlook" Slideshow
Rapporteur
November 8
Stan Collender
Qorvis Communications
“2006 Election vs. 2007 Budget”
Rapporteur
November 2
Dr. Nancy Wentzler, Chief Economist, Deputy Comptroller, Global Banking,
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
“US Banking Performance: Risk and Returns in a Global Marketplace” Slideshow (PDF)
October 25
David Warsh
Author, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations
Editor of EconomicPrincipals.com
Rapporteur
October 19
David Merritt, Center for Health Transformation
“Transforming Healthcare: Real Change Requires Real Change” Slideshow (PDF)
Rapporteur
October 12
Rosemary Marcuss
Deputy Director and Chief Economist (Acting), Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Richard Kane
Economist, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
“The History of BEA’s Estimates of National Product during the Great Depression and World War II Era”
Slideshow (PDF)
October 5
Jared Bernstein,
Director of the Living Standards Program
Economic Policy Institute
"The Growing Gap between Productivity and Earnings"
(co-written with Lawrence Mishel, President, Economic Policy Institute)
Slideshow (PDF) Draft Paper (PDF)
Rapporteur
September 28
James B. Lockhart III,
Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO)
"Fixing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and OFHEO" Slideshow (PDF)
Remarks (posted at OFHEO)
Rapporteur
Thursday, September 21
Ron Blackwell
Chief Economist, AFL-CIO
"Winning Back the American Dream" Slide Show (PDF)
September 14, 2006
Dan Sichel
Federal Reserve Board
"Economic Growth and Intangible Capital"
Additonal Links: Carol Corrado, Charles Hulten and Daniel Sichel, "Intangible Capital and Economic Growth", Federal Reserve Board staff FEDS paper 2006-24
Carol Corrado, Charles Hulten and Daniel Sichel, "Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework", Federal Reserve Board staff FEDS paper 2004-65
Rapporteur
September 7, 2006
Donald Marron, Acting Director, CBO
"The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update"
Rapporteur
July 27
Dr. Robert Carroll
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis
Department of the Treasury
"Dynamic Analysis of the President's Tax proposals released as part of the Mid-Session Review"
http://treasury.gov/press/releases/hp29.htm
Rapporteur
July 19
Roger Betancourt
Professor
University of Maryland
"The Economics of Retailing and Distribution"
Rapporteur
July 13, 2006
Prepared Remarks of Edward P. Lazear, Chairman
Council of Economic Advisers
"A Success Story: American Productivity”
Rapporteur
July 6
Cynthia A. Glassman
Commissioner
Securities and Exchange Commission
"Observations of an Economist Commissioner Upon Leaving the SEC" http://sec.gov/news/speech/2006/spch070606cag.htm
Rapporteur
June 29
Allan Meltzer
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
“History of the Federal Reserve, Volume II”
Rapporteur
June 22
Kristina Shelley
Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The American Time Use Survey: Overview and Results"
http://www.bls.gov/tus/home.htm
June 15, 2006
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick
Director & Chief Economist
Ford Motor Company
Rapporteur
June 8, 2006
Adam Sieminski
Chief Energy Economist
Deutsche Bank
“Oil and Natural Gas Outlook”
Rapporteur
June 1, 2006
Kevin Moore
Federal Reserve Board
"The Survey of Consumer Finances"
SCF Homepage: http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/scfindex.html
Latest SCF (2004): http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/2004/scf2004home.html
Related Federal Reserve Bulletin article (February 2006): http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/2004/bull0206.pdf
May 24, 2006
Stuart Hoffman
Chief Economist, PNC Corp and President, NABE
"The Economic Outlook" (PDF)
Rapporteur
May 18, 2006
Joint SGE-NEC Luncheon
Michael Horrigan
Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
"The Future of the Producer Price Index (PPI)" (PDF)
Rapporteur
May 11,206
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies Paul A. Volcker Chair in International Economics "Economic Challenges in the U.S.: Policies and Prospects"
(PDF)
Rapporteur
May 4, 2006
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.
Emerging Technology Partners, LLC.
"The Potential of Biotechnologies in the Future of U.S. Economy" (PDF)
Rapporteur
April 27, 2006
Jeffrey S. Passel
Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, DC
U.S. Immigration — Myth & Reality — Challenges & Options (PDF)
Rapporteur
April 20, 2006
Servaas Deroose
European Commission
"The Economic Outlook in the Euro Area" (PDF)
Rapporteur
April 13, 2006
Edwin M. Truman
Institute for International Economics
"A Strategy for IMF Reform" (PDF)
April 6, 2006
Leonard Burman
Tax Policy Center
"The Rising Tide Tax System"
Rapporteur
March 23, 2006
Robert G. Shackleton
Congressional Budget Office
"The Economics of Climate Change"
Rapporteur
March 15, 2006
L. Josh Bivens
Economic Policy Institute
"Did the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Work? Defining Boom Down" (PDF)
Rapporteur
March 3, 2006
Takehiko Nakao
Minister (Finance Section)
Embassy of Japan
Rapporteur
"Ten Most-Frequently Asked Questions about the Japanese Economy" Slides, Speech Notes(PDFs) Members only
February 23, 2006
Dr. Raghuram Rajan
Chief Economist, IMF
Rapporteur
"Global Imbalances: Should We Worry At All?" (PDF) (Members-only)
Speaker's notes (PDF) (Members-only)
February 17, 2006
Katherine Baicker
Council of Economic Advisers
Rapporteur
Economic Report of the President 2006 (PDF) (Offsite)
Dr. Baicker has provided the NEC with suggested links related to her talk (besides the one to the Economic Report of the President) and a more extensive list of her publications: http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/healthcare/index.html http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/hlthaff.var.33v1 http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/hlthaff.w4.184v1.pdf http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=6&tid=16824
February 15, 2006
John Irons
Center for American Progress
Rapporteur
February 9, 2006
Joel Prakken
Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Rapporteur
Will Housing Kill the Recovery? (PDF)(Members-Only)
January 26, 2006
Brian Reid
The Investment Company Institute
"How Well is the Market for Mutual Funds Working?" (PDF) (Members-Only)
January 12, 2006
Ambassador John Wood
Embassy of New Zealand
"The New Zealand Economic Paradigm - Lessons for Other Economies?" (PDF)
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