National and local economists will explore the 2015 economic environment in the coming year with a focus on what shape the national and state economic recovery will take this year and beyond. The 24th (and final) annual Vermont Economic Conference will be held on Friday, January 9, 2015, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center and is hosted by The Vermont Economy Newsletter and sponsored by TD Bank, KPMG, and Entergy Vermont Yankee. The times and topics for the speakers follow:
9:10 – 10:10 Gus Faucher, Vice President and Senior Macroeconomist at PNC Financial Services Group, will speak on The Economic Outlook for the U.S. and Vermont. Mr. Faucher is often quoted in the national media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and NPR.
10:10 – 11:15 Dick Heaps, publisher of The Vermont Economy Newsletter, will speak on Vermont’s Economic Performance in 2015: Faster Growth or More of the Same?
11:15 – 12:15 Art Woolf, editor of The Vermont Economy Newsletter, will speak on How Vermont Has Changed: A Twenty-five Year Perspective.
1:00 p.m. Jonathan Rauch, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic, is the author of several books and many articles on public policy, culture, and economics. He is also a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, a leading Washington think-tank. He is winner of the 2005 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary and the 2010 National Headliner Award for magazine columns. His talk is titled Older, Happier, Wiser: How Economists Are Rethinking Midlife and Beyond.