Meetings

 

 

The Association meets nine times per year, generally on the third or fourth Friday of each month except during the summer break. When in-person meetings resume, a summer and fall happy hour are included with your membership.

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Please RSVP no later than NOON the TUESDAY prior to the meeting to confirm your attendance and the number and name of guests you will bring. Please feel free to invite your colleagues, if they are interested in the topic. Guest fees are $40 (except for $55 fee for Jan. meeting at Dallas Fed) and student guest fees are $25. Guest fees are payable to the DFW Association for Business Economics and can be given to the Treasurer at the meeting.

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*Virtual Meeting Guest Fees are $15 and are payable to our Treasurer via Square Payment System. Please contact the Treasurer for further details.

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Upcoming Meetings

All luncheons begin at 11:30am (CT) and end by 1:00pm (CT) , unless otherwise noted.​

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*Virtual meetings will begin at 12:00pm (CT). Please plan to log into WebEx a few minutes prior to ensure there are no technical difficulties.

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October 6, 2022

Event:  Fall Social Hour (In-Person Networking Event)

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location:  Urban Rio Cantina & Grill

Address: 1000 14th St #100, Plano, TX 75074

* The event is free for all members. Guest fees are $35 per guest. Please RSVP by October 3rd.

 

To RSVP, contact dabeemail@gmail.com.

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October 21, 2022

Topic:  Consumer Credit Update - Automotive and Housing

Speakers: Melinda Zabritski - Senior Director, Experian Automotive

                      Wenhua Di - Senior Researach Economist, Dallas Federal Reserve

Location: Virtual Meeting

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Previous Meetings/Presentations

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August 2022 - Current State of U.S. Immigration

"Immigration and Labor Markets in the Pandemic" - Pia Orrenius, Dallas Federal Reserve

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June 2022 - U.S. Auto Sector Update

"Automotive Outlook" - Haig Stoddard, Informa Tech Automotive Group

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May 2022 - Global Trade and International Finance

"Sanctions: Implications for Trade, Globalization and International Finance" - Sri Thiruvadanthai, Citi

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April 2022 - U.S. Energy Sector Update

Jesse Thompson, Dallas Federal Reserve

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March 2022 - Inflation and Monetary Policy

"Inflation, Employment and the Economic Outlook: Through a Glass, Darkly" - David Altig, Atlanta Federal Reserve

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February 2022 - Labor Market Outlook (U.S. and Texas)

"2022 Labor Market Outlook" - Jay Denton, ThinkWhy

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January 2022 - 2022 State of the Economy and Outlook (U.S. and Texas)

"Moving Into a Post Pandemic World" - Julia Coronado, MacroPolicy Perspectives

"Texas Pandenomics: Despite COVID Waves, Strong Economic Growth to Continue in 2022" - Pia Orrenius, Dallas Federal Reserve

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November 2021- Residential Market Update Part 2: Multifamily Family Housing

"Apartment Market Overview" - Carl Whitaker, Senior Manager Market Analytics, RealPage

 

October 2021- Residential Market Update Part 1: Single Family Housing

"Texas and North Texas Economic and Housing Outlook" - Dr. James Gaines, Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center

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September 2021- DFW Tourism Industry Update

"The State of Dallas Tourism" - Michael Rudowski, VisitDallas

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August 2021- DFW Commercial Real Estate Market

"The Road to Recovery: Turmoil, Resilience & Transformation" - Bill Kitchens and Paul Hendershot, CoStar 

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June 2021- U.S. and Texas Energy Sector

"Energy Update" - Jesse Thompson, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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May 2021- U.S. Infrastructure Policy and the 2021 Texas Infrastructure Report Card

"Infrastructure: Where Does Legislation Stand in the 117th Congress" - Caroline Sevier, American Society of Civil Engineers

"2021 Texas Infrastructure Report Card" - Mark Boyd, ASCE Texas Section IRC Committee Chair

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April 2021- Current Trends in the U.S. Automotive Sector

"State of the Automotive Finance Market" - Melinda Zabritski, Experian Automotive

"U.S. Automotive Market Outlook" - Haig Stoddard, WardsAuto

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March 2021- Supply Chains During the Economic Recovery

"Current Trends in U.S. Consumption, Manufacturing and Supply Chains" - Sam Kyei, SAK Economics

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February 2021- Outlook Series Part 2: 2021 Global Economic Outlook - Video

"Heterogeneous Recovery" - Manuel Balmaseda, CEMEX

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January 2021 - Outlook Series Part 1: 2021 State of the Economy and Outlook (U.S. and Texas)

"Policies and Pathogens: The U.S.  Economy in the Time of Coronavirus" - Robert Dye, Comerica

"Texas Economic Performance and Outlook Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic"s - Pia Orrenius, Dallas Federal Reserve

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December 2020 - "Office and Industrial Market Outlook" - Steve Triolet, Research Director, Younger Partners

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November 2020 - "COVID-Related Spending and the Overall Fiscal Health of the Country" - Video - Marc Goldwein, Committee for a   Responsible Federal Budget

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October 2020 - "U.S. Multifamily Market Outlook" - Jeanette Rice, CBRE

                        - Webinar

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September 2020 - "The Outlook for the Oil and Gas Industry: BC (before COVID) v. AD (after debacle)" - Dr. Bernard Weinstein, SMU (webinar)

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July 2020 - "Consumption, Manufacturing & The Supply Chain" - Sam Kyei, SAK Economics

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May 2020 - "Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through The Unfree World" - Dr. Robert Lawson, SMU

                  - Webinar

                  - Supplemental Materials: The Liberalizations paper is forthcoming in the Cato Journal and the Rose Revolution paper is out in The Economics of Transition and Institutional Change. Amazon.                          

 

April 2020 - "CES 2020 and the Consumer Electronics Industry" - Bill Jewell, Semiconductor Intelligence, LLC (Webinar)

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February 28, 2020 - "Ex-Im Bank" - Kelly Kemp, EIB North Texas

 

January 17, 2020 - State of the Economy and Outlook

Robert Dye - "A New Year and New Uncertainties"

Pia Orrenius - "Regional Economic Outlook: Conditions Good, Outlook Brightening"

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November 22, 2019 - "Unemployment and Inflation: Is There a Disconnect?" - Stan Suchman, BLS

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October 18, 2019 - Forecast Competition Awards

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September 20, 2019 - "Trump's Trade War" - Dr. James Lake, SMU

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June 21, 2019 - "Global Economic Development"- Sarah Carabias-Rush, Dallas Regional Chamber

 

May 17, 2019 - "2019 Economic and Housing Outlook" - Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic

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April 12, 2019 - "The Texas High Speed Train" - Rebecca Cowle, Texas Capital Partners

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March 15, 2019 - "State of the Automotive Finance market" - Melinda Zabritski, Experian Automotive

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February 19, 2019 - "Investment Risk: A Primer" - Gerry Davis, Lead Investment Analyst, AT&T

 

January 18, 2019 - State of the Economy and Outlook

Robert Dye - Two Stories, One Economy

Pia Orrenius - Regional Economy Strong, but Outlook Points to Slower Growth in 2019

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November 16, 2018​ - Topic: Forecast Competition Results and Arthur A. Smith Student Awards Presentation

 

October 19, 2018 - "Housing Roundtable Discussion" - Moderator: Chuck Ehmann (RealPage)

 

September 12, 2018 - "US & TX Construction Spending, Labor and Materials Outlook" - Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, AGC of America

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August 23, 2018 - DABE Summer Happy Hour - Oak Highland Brewery

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June 15, 2018 - "What would Dallas look like as a city of opportunity, affordability, and equitability look like and how do we get there?" - Patrick Kennedy, Partner-Space Between Design Studio, LLC

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May 18, 2018 - "Your Grandfather’s Economics May Help Yours: Looking at the Details and Using Leading Barometers to Assess Business Cycle Turns" - Dr. Kevin Swift, Chief Economist, American Chemistry Council (ACC) and Vice President of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE).

 

April 20, 2018 - "Why We'll Always Need Fossil Fuels" - Bud Weinstein, Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute, SMU ​

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March 16, 2018 - "Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin": Dr. Gina Pieters, Assistant Professor at Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas), Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, and Research Fellow at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies

 

February 16, 2018 - "Key Trends in the US Economy, Industrial Sector and the Railroads": Sam Kyei, Chief Economist, BNSF

 

January 26, 2018 - "State of the Economy & Outlook": Robert Dye and Mine Yucel @ FRB Dallas  

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November 17, 2017 - Arthur A. Smith Memorial Scholarship Awards and Forecasting Competition Results

 

October 20, 2017 -  Panel Discussion on "Dallas Occupational Employment & Workforce Needs" (no presentation)

     Moderator:

         Jerome Watters, Bureau of Labor Statistics

     Panelists:

  •          Laurie Bouillion Larrea, President, Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas

  •          Julie Wojciechowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics

  •          Nick Lalpuis, Dallas Regional Administrator for the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration (ETA)

 

September 15, 2017 -  "Transfer Pricing in a Post-BEPS World", Tracy Gomes, Managing Director, KPMG

 

June 16, 2017 - "Market Intelligence", Thomas Grooms, Founder of the Academy of Market Intelligence

 

May 19, 2017 - "Frisco Development Update", Jim Gandy, President, Frisco Economic Development Corporation

 

April 21, 2017 -  "Housing and Mortgage Market Outlook", Frank Nothaft, Senior VP, Chief Economist, CoreLogic

 

March 24, 2017 - "Introduction to Behavioral Economics", Tara L. Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor, UTA

 

February 17, 2017 - "The Pink Tax Really Is a Tax: An Analysis of Gender-based Tariff Differences", Lori L. Taylor, Associate Professor and Director of the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M

 

January 27, 2017 - "State of the Economy & Outlook": Robert Dye and Mine Yucel @ FRB Dallas  

 

November 18, 2016 - "DFW 2017 Real Estate Outlook" and Forecast Competition results, Ron Witten, Witten Advisors & Walter Bialas, JLL

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October 14, 2016 - "Brexit" - Mark Wynne, VP and Director of the Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute at the Dallas Fed

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September 16, 2016 - "Texas Creative Arts" - Mike Carroll, Dir. of Economic Research Group at UNT

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June 16, 2016 - "U.S. Economic Outlook" -  Daniel Bachman, Senior Manager, U.S. Economics, Deloitte Services

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May 20, 2016 - "The USPTO and You: Partnering in Innovation and the Future " - Hope Shimabuku, Texas Regional Patent Office

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April 15, 2016 - "Downtown Dallas 360" Kourtny Garrett, Downtown Dallas, Inc

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March 25, 2016 - "The Generational Forces in the Workplace and Meet the Centennials – Gen Z." Valerie Pelan, President of Integrated Focus

 

February 19, 2016 - "Data Science: The New Hybrid Discipline" - Dr. Tom Fomby, SMU

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January 29, 2016 - "State of the Economy & Outlook": Robert Dye and Mine Yucel @ FRB Dallas  

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November 19, 2015 - "DFW 2016 Real Estate Outlook" (Office - Walter Bialas) and (Apartments - Greg Willett)

 

October 16, 2015 - "ExxonMobil Long-Term Energy Outlook" Todd Onderdonk, Senior Energy Advisor. ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Planning

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September 18, 2015 - "The Fed, monetary policy, and the Fed’s changing role as First Responder in the next financial crisis", Dr. Harvey Rosenblum, SMU

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June 19, 2015 - "Dallas as a Global Competitor" Karl Zavitkovsky, Director of the Office of Economic Development-City of Dallas

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May 22, 2015 -   DABE Arthur A. Smith Scholarship Awards & Texas Business Outlook Survey, Emily Kerr, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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April 17, 2015 - "How Infrastructure Network Design Creates or Destroys Real Estate Value", Patrick Kennedy, Partner-Space Between Design Studio, LLC