Walworth County Economic Development Alliance: Federal Reserve economist to give economic outlook for 2011

A senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will speak about the economic outlook for 2011 on Friday, Nov. 5 at the Business Briefs Breakfast of the Walworth County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA).

Open to the public at no cost, the event is in Room 112 of the Student Services Building at Gateway Technical College, 400 Hwy. H, Elkhorn. A social period with a continental breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. The program starts at 8 o’clock and concludes at 9:15.

The guest speaker will be William Strauss, senior economist and economic adviser in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He analyzes the current performance of both the Midwest economy and the manufacturing sector for use in monetary policy. He also prepares the monthly Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index, organizes the bank’s Economic Outlook Symposium and Automotive Outlook Symposium and conducts economic workshops and industrial roundtables.

Strauss is a past president of the Chicago Association of Business Economists. He is a board member of the National Association for Business Economics, member of the National Business Economics Issues Council and member of the Advisory Council for the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Center for Economic Education.

Strauss has been quoted in major business magazines and newspapers and has provided testimony concerning manufacturing issues to the U.S. Senate.

He teaches at the DePaul University Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in Chicago and at the University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies. His research papers include analysis of the manufacturing sector, the automotive sector, the Midwest regional economy, the trade-weighted dollar, business cycles, and Federal Reserve payments operations.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact WCEDA executive director Mike Van Den Bosch at 262-741-8527, or register online at http://www.walworthbusiness.com.