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Spring 2007 IAMC Professional Forum — Monday Luncheon Speaker
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| Dr. Loren Scott |
The State of The Global Economy
- U.S. and global economic overview
- Interest rates
- International trade
- Long-term interest rates
- U.S. dollar value
- Domestic and global energy prices
- Free trade agreements and foreign trade blocks
- Tight labor markets
- Outsourced labor
- Blended U.S. workforce
Dr. Loren C. Scott is President and founder of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc. He was on the Economics Department faculty at Louisiana State University from 1969 to 1998, where he rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to the holder of the Freeport-McMoran endowed Chair of Economics. He is presently Professor Emeritus of Economics at LSU.
Over the thirteen-year period from 1983-96, Dr. Scott was the chairman of the Economics Department at LSU. During that time, the Department's ranking among the 3,000 economics departments in the U.S. rose from 101st to 38th. He received 7 awards at LSU for outstanding classroom teaching.
Dr. Scott is co-developer of the Louisiana econometric model, a model used for providing annual forecasts of the Louisiana economy, which are released each fall. He was a co-investigator on over $1 million in grant research at LSU and is the author of over 75 articles and technical reports in addition to reports written for consulting clients.
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