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Program and Presentations

The University of Michigan’s

72nd Annual Economic Outlook Conference

November 21–22, 2024

Rackham Building at the University of Michigan
915 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Thursday, November 21

8:00am   Registration
   
8:15am Continental Breakfast
   
9:00am
Welcome
  John Leahy, Chair, Department of Economics
 

Session I

  Presiding: John Leahy, Chair, Department of Economics
   
  The U.S. Economic Outlook for 2025–2026 (slides)
  Daniil Manaenkov, U.S. Forecast Lead, RSQE
   
  Who’s Afraid of the Minimum Wage? Measuring the Impacts on Independent Businesses Using Matched U.S. Tax Returns (slides)
  Nirupama Rao, Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
   
  Consumer Sentiment in a Time of Polarization (slides)
  Joanne Hsu, Director, University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers
   
  Implications of the Election Outcome for the U.S. Economic Outlook (slides)
  David Wilcox, Director of U.S. Economic Research, Bloomberg Economics
   
12:30pm Lunch
   

Session II

  Presiding: Michael McWilliams, Senior Economist, RSQE
   
1:45pm Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the Economy (slides)
  Jaeger Nelson, Chief, Fiscal Studies Unit, Congressional Budget Office
   
  The Strong Labor Market Has Boosted US-Born Employment (slides)
  Wendy Edelberg, Director, The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution
   
  Has the Housing Market Bottomed Out? (slides)
  David Berson, Chief US Economist, Cumberland Advisors
   

Dinner at Zingerman's Greyline

6:00pm Networking and Casual Dinner

Friday, November 22

8:15am Continental Breakfast
 

Session III

  Presiding: George Fulton, Director Emeritus, RSQE
   
9:00am The Michigan Economic Outlook for 2025–2026 (slides)
  Gabriel Ehrlich, Director, RSQE
   
  Using Data and Analytics to Inform Public Policy (slides)
  Scott Powell, Director & State of Michigan Chief Data Officer, Michigan Center for Data and Analytics
   
  Panel
  Assessing the EV Transition: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
  Elaine Buckberg, Senior Fellow, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability,                        Harvard University (slides)
  Kristin Dziczek, Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (slides)
  John J. Murphy, Managing Director, Bank of America (slides)
   
12:30pm Lunch

 

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors