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The Morgantown MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) Economic Outlook costa rica nature travel Conference will be held March 19 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown. The event is presented annually by the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, and will feature Andy Bauer, Ph.D., economist, Baltimore Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and will include a global economic outlook by Jose Zito Sartarelli, Milan Puskar Dean; the U.S. economic outlook by Bauer; the West Virginia economic outlook, presented by Dr. Paul Speaker, associate professor of finance and economics at B and a panel of industry experts. Continental breakfast begins at 8 a.m.
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Prior to joining the Richmond Fed in 2006, Bauer worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As a senior economic analyst on the Atlanta Fed s macroeconomic team, Bauer co-authored articles on macroeconomic forecasting, consumer inflation measures and shocks to the U.S. economy during recessions.
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