News Briefs

Watch for the release Wednesday, August 31, of the NABE’s semi-annual Policy Survey.  Sign up now for the teleconference set for 11 a.m. EDT, with speakers to be announced. The NABE Policy Survey looks at how our members view important economic issues, including monetary and fiscal policy questions. Find out more information and register for the Policy Survey teleconference.

Join a teleconference sponsored by the Regional Utility Roundtable on Wednesday, September 16.  The topic is  "A Regional Perspective on Economic Recovery: How is Recovery Progressing in Different Regions of the Country?"  Speaking will be Jason Bram, senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Sieb Hoogstra, director, OCO Global; and Scott Pattison, executive director, National Association of State Budget Officers.  Dan Levine, founder of MetroCompare, LLC, will moderate.  Registration is complimentary for RURT members.  See the RURT Events page for more information and to register.

The NABE Foundation is offering scholarships to the 51st Annual Meeting in St. Louis on October 10-13.  Applicants must be 35 years of age or younger; have worked in the economics field for seven years or less; be involved in a position that uses economic principles and theory; and hold an undergraduate college degree or higher. Scholarships will be awarded up to the $800 that covers the entire cost of the meeting.  Partial scholarships may also be awarded. More information and the application form are available on the Foundation’s website and the deadline is September 2.

Follow NABE on Twitter.  If you already have a Twitter account just follow the link and click "Follow."  Don't have a Twitter account? Follow the link and sign up for a free account. NABE's Twitter account will be posting up-to-the-minute updates on the economy and other news from NABE daily.

The Get Connected Mentoring Program is in full swing, matching experienced economists with newer members in the field of business economics.  As the program moves towards its first anniversary, NABE will be looking for feedback from participants.  Find out more information on the program’s benefits and how to join.

The July NABE Industry Survey has been widely covered by the media since its July 20 release, according to NABE press officer Melissa Golding.  Industry Survey Committee Chairman Sara Johnson of IHS Global Insight was interviewed by NBC News Channel (national NBC-TV syndication service), CNN Radio, ABC Radio (national network), Associated Press Radio, the Wall Street Journal Radio Network, CBS Radio (national network), KNX Radio (CBS Radio affiliate in Los Angeles), and Voice of America Radio. She also did a live television interview with the FOX Business Network that streamed live on FOXBusiness.com and FOXNews.com. Industry survey analyst Shawn DuBravac of the Consumer Electronics Association discussed the survey on Marketplace Radio’s Morning Report, Reuters Television (national syndication service), and CBS Radio’s Boston affiliate.  Among the many other outlets that published original reports about the survey were the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, CNBC.com, MSNBC, USA Today, Bloomberg TV, Forbes magazine, Marketwatch.com, the Christian Science Monitor, the Globe and Mail (Canada), the National Post (Canada), FOX Business Channel (in addition to the interview with Sara Johnson), the Chicago Sun-Times, the Houston Chronicle, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Oregonian, the Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Consumer Affairs, The Straits Times (Singapore), Dagens Industri (Sweden), Channel 4 News (UK), the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Denver Post, the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Washington Examiner, the Malaysia Star, Long Island Business News, Interactive Investor, the New York Daily News, Philippines News, Ireland Business World, Budapest Business Journal, RTE News (Ireland), the Economic Times (India), the Standard-Times, the Memphis Daily News, the Shreveport Times, London South East (UK), the Business Times (Malaysia), the Canton Repository, the Chain Leader (a news site run by Reed Business Information), Finfacts Ireland, Purchasing.com, NASDAQ.com, Daily Finance (a financial news site run by AOL), TopNews.in (an Indian news site), newsroom.com (a subscription news site that supplies news content to Web sites), Manufacturing.net, Convenience Store News, Commercial Property News, Jornal de Negocios (Portugal), Capital.gr (Germany), Le Figaro (France), FXStreet.com, 24/7WallSt.com, The Week Magazine, creditfyi.com, SmartBrief.com, BloggingStocks.com, American Chronicle, Construction Digital, Stock World, HoweStreet.com, and news Web sites in China, Japan, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Greece.

Check out podcasts of recent NABE teleconferences, including the July 7 session on "Are Foreigners Losing Their Interest in U.S. Investments?"  sponsored by the International Roundtable. Featured speakers included Nariman Behravesh, chief economist and executive vice president of IHS Global Insight, and Torsten Slok, senior economist and director, Deutsche Bank Securities.  Jay Bryson, global economist at Wachovia Corporation, was the moderator. 

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