The Philadelphia Council for Business Economics
A Chapter of NABE
is pleased to present
James Diffley, Senior Director
Chief Regional Economist, IHS Economics
Presentation: "Jobs are Coming Back, Will Housing?"
James Diffley is Senior Director of IHS Economics. He managed the U.S. Regional Services Group from 1998 to 2013, with overall responsibility for Regional Services, including the Regional Core Macroeconomic Service and the Real Estate & Construction Service, supervising the quarterly economic forecast of the 50 states and over 300 metropolitan areas of the United States. He regularly makes presentations of these regional economic forecasts and analysis to clients, conferences, governmental bodies, and the press.
Diffley came to Global Insight through WEFA, Inc. Prior to joining WEFA, Diffley was supervising tax analyst with the New Jersey Division of Taxation's Office of Tax Analysis from 1988 to 1996, where he was responsible for developing the state economic forecast for the state executive budget and for business tax revenue forecasting. Diffley did his Doctorate of Philosophy training in economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, completing all requirements but the dissertation. From 1982 to 1987, he was on the economics faculty at Adelphi University in New York.
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Time: 11:45 am for Federal Reserve Security clearance
12:00 pm - Lunch begins
1:00 pm - Presentation begins
Place: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Directions
Ten Independence Mall (Seventh & Arch Streets),
Philadelphia, PA
Cost: PCBE Members - $20.00
GIC/CFAPhila/PSA/Bond Club Members - $25.00
Nonmembers - $25.00
Student - $15.00 (with Valid College ID)
Teleconference Option available for those that can't be present
Please Note: Reservations are required and must be made or canceled no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting. "No-shows" will be billed.
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Robin Kaplan, Vice President
Luke Tilley, Secretary
Michael Weiss, Treasurer
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