In this NEC webinar, Cliff Waldman of New World Economics, Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research and Don Leavens of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association will discuss the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic on US manufacturing. Panelists will discuss the hit to total manufacturing growth and the growth of key manufacturing subsectors […]
Small businesses have experienced a historic negative impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides the shock to consumers’ willingness to patron businesses due to fear of contagion, state-level shutdowns have taken a tremendous toll on the nation’s smallest firms. With deep and acute drops in revenue, small employers have been forced to resort to layoffs […]
Join the NEC and Robert Wescott of Keybridge for a webinar presentation on COVID-19 and the global recession. Robert F. Wescott is Founder and President of Keybridge, a 26-person economic research firm in Washington, DC, that has served global financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies since 2001. Dr. Wescott has 35 years of […]
The Webinar Link for this event has been emailed to registrants. Email manager@national-economists.org if you did not receive it. Airlines for America (A4A) Vice President and Chief Economist John Heimlich will join us to discuss the industry’s trajectory before and after the onset of COVID-19. He will review the implications of CARES Act disaster relief, […]
John Newton, Chief Economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, will be joining us to discuss the US Farm Industry and impacts related to COVID-19. Dr. Newton is the Chief Economist for American Farm Bureau Federation, the largest organization of independent farmers in the United States. In this role, Dr. Newton is responsible for the […]
The coronavirus pandemic has fostered uncertainty over the course of the US and global economy, making the job of the business economist more challenging. But the world has faced this before, most notably during the 1918-19 influenza epidemic when war, death, famine and pestilence all came together. At that time, a much worse virus infected […]
Please join us for NEC’s first ever virtual happy hour, Thursday, June 4, 5-6pm EST!Re-connect and catch-up with your fellow NEC members. We’ll start a conversation on how re-openings are going across various state and local economies and see where that takes us. Hope to see you there! This event is FREE and open to […]
Join the National Economist Club in this panel presentation about how the freight transportation sector has been impacted during this pandemic and how they are preparing for the future. Association of American Railroads (AAR) Senior Economist Luisa Fernandez-Willey will join us to discuss the current state of the railroad industry, the movement of key commodities […]
Please join the NEC for a presentation by Ashley Thompson, the American Hospital Association's Senior Vice President for Public Policy Analysis and Development. REGISTRATION IS OPEN! A link to the webinar will be sent prior to the event (by 11am EST, 7/2) to those who sign up. Registration will be open until 11am, Thursday, July […]
The National Association of Business Economists invites active members of the National Economists Club to join in on their webinar series Perspectives on the Pandemic. The series continues on Tuesday, July 7, with Thomas Barkin, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Mary C. Daly, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San […]