Last Updated:
12/7/2015
Economic Outlook Symposium
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held its Twenty-Ninth Annual Economic Outlook Symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The symposium focused on the forces shaping the U.S. expansion as it enters 2016.
Friday, 12/04/15
8:30 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Welcome
William Testa, Vice President and Director of Regional Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Consensus Outlook
William Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
9:30 AM
Consumer and Banking Outlook
Scott Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Raymond James
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Automotive Outlook
Yen Chen, Senior Research Economist, Center for Automotive Research
11:15 AM
Steel Industry Outlook
Robert Dicianni, Manager, Market & Analysis, ArcelorMittal USA
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM
State and Local Government Debt since the Financial Crisis
John Mousseau, Executive Vice President and Director of Fixed Income, Cumberland Advisors
2:15 PM
Heavy Machinery Outlook
Glenn Zetek, Director of Marketing Planning, Komatsu America Corporation
3:00 PM
Closing Remarks