DABE - D/FW Association for Business Economics
A Chapter of The National Association for Business Economics - NABE
Meetings
The Association meets eight times per year for luncheon meetings except during the summer and winter break. Annual membership dues include all meeting and social events for members.
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 for in-person events are $50, payable to the DFW Association for Business Economics via Square Payment System. Please contact the Treasurer during the in-person meeting or at dabeemail@gmail.com.
Upcoming Meetings
All luncheons begin at 11:30am (CT) and end by 1:00pm (CT) , unless otherwise noted.
April 28th, 2025
Topic: Tariff Impacts on State and Sector Economic Activity
Speaker: Dr. Michael Sposi, SMU
Time: 12:00 - 1:15PM CST
Location: 2200 N. Pearl St., Dallas, TX 75201
* There is no additional event cost to members who complete payment of the 2024 membership dues. Guest fees are $40 per guest.
To RSVP, contact dabeemail@gmail.com.
Previous Meetings/Presentations
March 2025 - U.S. Labor Market Update
Mallory Vachon, LaborIQ
February 2025 - 2025 Energy Industry Outlook
Garrett Golding, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
January 2025 - US and Texas 2025 Economic Outlook
Bill Adams, Comerica Bank, and Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
November 2024 - North Texas Semiconductor Manufacturing Update
Dr. Ted Moise, North Texas Semiconductor Institute
October 2024 - Office Market Update
Bill Kitchens and Paul Hendershot, CoStar
September 2024 - Multifamiliy Market Update
Ryan Davis, Witten Advisors
August 2024 - Energy Industry Update
Garrett Golding, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
May 2024 - The State of the Global Economy
Mark Wynne, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
April 2024 - BEA: We've Got Your Number
Vipin Arora, Bureau of Economic Analysis
March 2024 - The State of the U.S. Labor Market
Jay Denton, Radix, and Mallory Vachon, LaborIQ
February 2024 - U.S. and Texas 2024 Economic Outlook
Bill Adams, Comerica Bank, and Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
November 2023 - The State of the U.S. Economy
Julia Coronado, Macropolicy Perspectives
October 2023 - The State of the US Banking Sector
Dana Peterson, The Conference Board
September 2023 - Consumers, Manufacturers, and the Supply Chain
Sam Kyei, SAK Economics LLC
June 2023 - The State of Energy Markets
Jesse Thompson, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
May 2023 - The State of Dallas Tourism
The State of Dallas Tourism - Michael Rudowski, Visit Dallas
April 2023 - Residential Real Estate Market Outlook
"US Housing Market Update and Outlook" - David Jarvis, John Burns Research and Consulting
"Multifamily Market Update" - Jay Parsons, RealPage Inc.
March 2023 - Central Bank Digital Currencies
"Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)" - Dr. Gina Pieters, University of Chicago
February 2023 - State of the U.S. Labor Market
"2023 Hiring Outlook" - Jay Denton & Mallory Vachon, LaborIQ
January 2023 - US and Texas Economic Update & Outlook
"US Economic Update & Outlook" - Bill Adams, Comerica Bank
"Texas Economic Update & Outlook" - Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
October 2022 - Consumer Credit Update - Automotive and Housing
"Mortgage Market Under Economic Uncertainty" - Wenhua Di, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Auto Finance Insights" - Melinda Zabritski, Experian Automotive
August 2022 - Current State of U.S. Immigration
"Immigration and Labor Markets in the Pandemic" - Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
June 2022 - U.S. Auto Sector Update
"Automotive Outlook" - Haig Stoddard, Informa Tech Automotive Group
May 2022 - Global Trade and International Finance
"Sanctions: Implications for Trade, Globalization and International Finance" - Sri Thiruvadanthai, Citi
April 2022 - U.S. Energy Sector Update
Jesse Thompson, Dallas Federal Reserve
March 2022 - Inflation and Monetary Policy
"Inflation, Employment and the Economic Outlook: Through a Glass, Darkly" - David Altig, Atlanta Federal Reserve
February 2022 - Labor Market Outlook (U.S. and Texas)
"2022 Labor Market Outlook" - Jay Denton, ThinkWhy
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
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
September 2021- DFW Tourism Industry Update
"The State of Dallas Tourism" - Michael Rudowski, Visit Dallas
August 2021- DFW Commercial Real Estate Market
"The Road to Recovery: Turmoil, Resilience & Transformation" - Bill Kitchens and Paul Hendershot, CoStar
June 2021- U.S. and Texas Energy Sector
"Energy Update" - Jesse Thompson, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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
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
March 2021- Supply Chains During the Economic Recovery
"Current Trends in U.S. Consumption, Manufacturing and Supply Chains" - Sam Kyei, SAK Economics
February 2021- Outlook Series Part 2: 2021 Global Economic Outlook - Video
"Heterogeneous Recovery" - Manuel Balmaseda, CEMEX
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
December 2020 - "Office and Industrial Market Outlook" - Steve Triolet, Research Director, Younger Partners
November 2020 - "COVID-Related Spending and the Overall Fiscal Health of the Country" - Video - Marc Goldwein, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
October 2020 - "U.S. Multifamily Market Outlook" - Jeanette Rice, CBRE
- Webinar
September 2020 - "The Outlook for the Oil and Gas Industry: BC (before COVID) v. AD (after debacle)" - Dr. Bernard Weinstein, SMU (webinar)
July 2020 - "Consumption, Manufacturing & The Supply Chain" - Sam Kyei, SAK Economics
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)
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"
November 22, 2019 - "Unemployment and Inflation: Is There a Disconnect?" - Stan Suchman, BLS
October 18, 2019 - Forecast Competition Awards
September 20, 2019 - "Trump's Trade War" - Dr. James Lake, SMU
June 21, 2019 - "Global Economic Development"- Sarah Carabias-Rush, Dallas Regional Chamber
May 17, 2019 - "2019 Economic and Housing Outlook" - Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic
April 12, 2019 - "The Texas High Speed Train" - Rebecca Cowle, Texas Capital Partners
March 15, 2019 - "State of the Automotive Finance market" - Melinda Zabritski, Experian Automotive
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
November 16, 2018 - Topic: Forecast Competition Results and Arthur A. Smith Student Awards Presentation
October 19, 2018 - "Housing Roundtable Discussion" - Moderator: Chuck Ehmann (RealPage)
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Paige Shipp (Metrostudy) - Single Family
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Jeanette Rice (CBRE) - Multifamily
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Taylor Gunn (RealPage) - Student Housing
September 12, 2018 - "US & TX Construction Spending, Labor and Materials Outlook" - Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, AGC of America
August 23, 2018 - DABE Summer Happy Hour - Oak Highland Brewery
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
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
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
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:
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Laurie Bouillion Larrea, President, Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
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Julie Wojciechowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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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
October 14, 2016 - "Brexit" - Mark Wynne, VP and Director of the Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute at the Dallas Fed
September 16, 2016 - "Texas Creative Arts" - Mike Carroll, Dir. of Economic Research Group at UNT
June 16, 2016 - "U.S. Economic Outlook" - Daniel Bachman, Senior Manager, U.S. Economics, Deloitte Services
May 20, 2016 - "The USPTO and You: Partnering in Innovation and the Future " - Hope Shimabuku, Texas Regional Patent Office
April 15, 2016 - "Downtown Dallas 360" Kourtny Garrett, Downtown Dallas, Inc
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
January 29, 2016 - "State of the Economy & Outlook": Robert Dye and Mine Yucel @ FRB Dallas
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
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
June 19, 2015 - "Dallas as a Global Competitor" Karl Zavitkovsky, Director of the Office of Economic Development-City of Dallas
May 22, 2015 - DABE Arthur A. Smith Scholarship Awards & Texas Business Outlook Survey, Emily Kerr, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
April 17, 2015 - "How Infrastructure Network Design Creates or Destroys Real Estate Value", Patrick Kennedy, Partner-Space Between Design Studio, LLC