Past Presentations


  • William W. Beach, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "The Role of Global Forces in Shaping the U.S. Labor Force” ​
  • Amir Sufi, Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, "Low Interest Rates, Market Power, Productivity Growth"​
  • Carl Tannenbaum, Chief Economist, Northern Trust and Anthony Chan, Chief Economist, JP Morgan Chase, "The State of Capitalism"
  • Francois Velde, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "Digital Currencies & Bitcoin"
  • Scott Brave, Policy Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "A Closer Look at the Chicago Fed Activity Indexes and Their Forecasting Applications"​
  • Erica Groshen, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Big Data and Government"
  • Chris Mier, Chief Strategist, Loop Capital, "Interest Rates from a Bond Guy's Perspective"
  • Bob Dieli, Chief Economist, RDLB, Inc., "Applied Research on the Business Cycle"
  • John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo, "Evolution of the Credit Cycle"
  • Lindsey Piegza, Chief Economist, Stifel/Sterne Agee, "Economic Outlook"
  • Robert Johnson, Director of Economic Analysis, Morningstar, "US Consumers: Losing Interest, or Just Bad Weather Got Them Down?"
  • Dona Wong, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, "Data Visualization"
  • Philippe D'Arvisenet, Chief Economist, BNP Paribas, "European Economic Outlook"
  • Steve Landefeld, Director, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Lessons from the Financial Crisis"
  • Casey Mulligan, Professor, University of Chicago, "Redistribution Recession"
  • Mark Wright, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,"Sovereign Debt" 
  • Paul Kasriel, Chief Economist, Northern Trust, "Not All Credit is Created Equal"
  • Bluford Putnam, Chief Economist, CME Group, "Global Economic Divergence"
  • Chad Moutray, Chief Economist, National Association of Manufacturers, "Manufacturing Update"
  • Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America, "Construction Outlook"
  • William Wiatrowski, Associate Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Changing Nature of Benefits"
  • Adolfo Laurenti, Deputy Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial, "Global Economic Outlook"
  • Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics, "The Business Cycle Turns Up"
  • Jean Daniel Gerber, Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs, "The New Normal" 
  • William Testa, VP/Director of Regional Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "Chicago Economy"
  • Edward Sullivan, Chief Economist, Portland Cement Association, "Construction Outlook"
  • Michael Horrigan, Associate Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Consumer, Producer & Import/Export Prices: Current Trends & Debunking Myths" 
  • Asha Bangalore, SVP & Economist, Northern Trust, "The U.S. Economy: A View from the Crow's Nest" 
  • David Oser, EVP & Chief Economist, Shorebank, "Local Economics: A View from the Trenches" 
  • Keith Hall, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "What Our Measures Tell Us About the Recession" 
  • Leila Butt, Senior Economist, Economist Intelligence Unit, "Global Economic Outlook" 
  • Carl Tannenbaum, SVP, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "State of Credit & Banking" 
  • Chris Varvares, President, Macroeconomic Advisers & President, NABE, "How Severe a Recession" 
  • Diane Swonk, Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial, "Economic Outlook" 
  • Nancy Nielsen, MD, President, American Medical Association, "The AMA Plan for Health System Reform" 
  • Thomas Klier, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "Restructuring in the Auto Industry" 
  • Michele Gambera, Chief Economist, Ibbotson, "Economic Outlook" 
  • Rick Mattoon, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, "Higher Ed and Regional Economies" 
  • David Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s, "They're Called Subprime for a Reason"