Hear Wayne Best, Chief Economist, Visa Inc.present "US Economic Outlook - Are We Heading Over the Edge?" at the Greater Omaha Chamber's 2012 Economic Outlook Luncheon on Oct. 31.
The results of the Economic Outlook survey will be presented as well.
 | As Head of Advisory and Information Services for Visa Inc., Best is the in-house chief economist and resident prognosticator for the trillion-dollar American payments industry. Combining a passion for business with an engineer's logic, Wayne has a knack for translating econometric analyses into plain English. In other words, he can explain and forecast the complex relationships between business and economic trends and the consumer's ability to spend, save and pay down debt. The economy had considerable momentum heading into 2012, but recent weaker-than-expected data - particularly job growth - has raised the odds of a recession to 25 percent. Will this lull in economic activity prove to be a soft patch similar to last year's, or is the economy on the verge of tipping back into recession? Wayne will present an overview of the current economic outlook and the key forces that will drive the forecast through 2014, from a worldwide, US and a Nebraska regional viewpoint. |
Event sponsors
Baird Holm LLP
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Deloitte
Mutual of Omaha Bank
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