Economist Forecast 2015 at Chicago Booth Economic Outlook Conference
Three respected economists– Randall S. Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics; Austan D. Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics; and Carl R. Tannenbaum, AB ’81, MBA ’84, senior vice president and chief economist at Northern Trust Corp.– offered their forecasts at the annual Chicago Booth Economic Outlook 2015. The conference drew more than 900 alumni and business people to the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers on January 15. Continue reading…
Booth Professors Highlight Annual National Association for Business Economics Meeting
Five Booth School of Business professors discussed economics at the 56th annual National Association for Business Economics meeting in Chicago– a three-day conference that brought some of the best and brightest economic minds together to formulate a long-term view of the economy.
In the first session, professors Steven J. Davis and Erik Hurst tackled the issue of labor quality, professors Austan Goolsbee and Randall Kroszner explored fiscal choices for the long run, and Professor Anil Kashyap discussed lessons from monetary policy when interest rates are at or near zero. Continue reading…
