Fourteenth Annual Automotive Outlook Symposium

June 1, 2007
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Detroit Branch
1600 East Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48207-1063

8:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.		Welcome Consensus Outlook (PDF, 262KB) William Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
		Consensus Forecast (PDF, 1.21MB)
		Vehicle Sales Outlook—OEM Perspective (PDF, 140KB) Van Jolissaint, Chief Economist, DaimlerChrysler Corporation
		Break
		Medium- and Heavy-Duty Truck Industry Outlook (PDF, 202KB) Kenny Vieth, Partner, Americas Commercial Transportation Research Company
		The Automotive Outlook: The View from Wall Street Robert Schulz, Director and Analyst, U.S. Based Automakers for Standard and Poor's
12:00 p.m.		Lunch
1:15 p.m.		The Dealers' Perspective (PDF, 439KB) Paul Taylor, Chief Economist, National Automobile Dealers' Association
3:00 p.m.		Adjournment
		Last Updated: June 15, 2007