Challenges in Economic Forecasting – Megan E. Greene, Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, and Don Rissmiller
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2020
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This webinar took place on Thursday, June 11, 2020. The video replay is available only to GIC Members.
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Challenges in Economic Forecasting – Megan E. Greene, Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, and Don Rissmiller
Challenges in Economic Forecasting is the theme of this Executive Briefing, the eleventh in our “Analyzing Pandemics” series. Attendees will gain context and perspective regarding the economic response to the pandemic, as well as the predicted recovery, and what the economy will look like post-COVID-19.
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Speakers
Megan E. Greene
Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolMegan has been a leading voice in global macroeconomics on both sides of the Atlantic for the past 15 years. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her role includes teaching and writing, and her main focus is the drivers of wage and income inequality globally.
Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak
Chief Economist, BCGPhilipp Carlsson-Szlezak is BCG's Chief Economist and a Managing Director and Partner in the firm's New York office. He leads the Center for Macroeconomics at the BCG Henderson Institute.
Donald Rissmiller
Founding Partner and Chief Economist of StrategasMr. Rissmiller is a founding Partner of Strategas and has directed the Firm's macroeconomic research efforts since 2006. He oversees Strategas' thematic research as well as high-frequency econometric forecasting.