The State of Today’s Economy and What It Means to You
MEETING DATE: 20 AUGUST 2008
DOORS OPEN: 11:30AM
PRICE: $20 ( Includes Lunch )
LOCATION: EMBASSY SUITES
TOWN: ROGERS, ARKANSAS
We are all more than aware of today’s vastly changing economy. Thanks to wide-spread news coverage on the subject of rising fuel costs affecting so many things in our lives such as the grocery bill and our salaries, it’s no wonder we’re closing our purses, tightening our belts and trying to squeeze every drop of gas from the lawn mower. But do we need to worry so much about this situation or is this simply overblown media scare tactics due to lack of other topics to cover? How many of us really understand why fuel costs are on the rise? It’s difficult find the truth in a sea of speculation and rumors floating around on the subject.
Women In Networking would like to place a cap, pardon the pun, on the speculation about the economy. We’ve invited Katherine A. Deck, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research ( CBER ) at the University of Arkansas, to speak with us on August 20th. Kathy intends to discuss some of the biggest economic issues and questions that have been on the top of our minds from this past year. Why are fuel prices so high right now? How long will this last? Will these prices ever fall again? What does the housing market look like? Are we in a recession? And the biggest, toughest question of all, what does all of this mean to you and I?
Kathy Deck is the Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include local economic development, industry market structure, and education and health care economics. In providing applied economic research as part of the outreach mission of the Walton College, Deck has managed studies for a variety of clients including: Arvest Bank Group, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, and the cities of Fayetteville and Lowell. Deck also acts as a media resource for economic analysis of current events and trends.
Deck earned a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary and a M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining the Center for Business and Economic Research, Deck was the antitrust economist for the Arizona Attorney General.