December 4, 2020 – Due to the pandemic, we featured our annual flagship event the Eller Economic Outlook on ZOOM.

Read Dr. Hammond’s economic forecast analysis article

Review select slides from Dr. Hammond’s presentation in PDF

Select presentation Slides for the 2020 Eller Economic Outlook Event December 4, 2020

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Speaker Bios

George W. Hammonddirector and research professor, Economic and Business Research Center,brings a wealth of experience in state and local econometric forecasting and regional economic analysis, as well as wide-ranging academic research interests to bear on his role as director of the Eller College’s Economic and Business Research Center. A specialist in econometric forecasting for more than 20 years, he has designed, built and used economic models to produce more than 100 forecasts for state and local economies, and completed more than 50 regional economic studies on topics including economic and workforce development, energy forecasting and the impact of higher education on human capital accumulation.

Anthony Chan joined JPMorgan in mid-1994 and retired in May 2019.  During his tenure, Dr. Chan addressed over one hundred thousand clients each year and delivered presentations to many Central Banks around the world. Dr. Chan is often in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and Investor’s Business Daily.  He appears regularly in the following media outlets: CNBC, CNN International, Fox Business News and CGTN, Chinese Television. Currently, Dr. Chan is a member of the prestigious Blue-Chip Monthly Forecasting panel, as well as the following other forecasting panels.

Thank you to our event sponsor! 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.