With the presidential and congressional elections of 2024 in the rearview, our eyes turn to 2025. Has the Federal Reserve engineered a soft landing, or is stagflation on the way? Can America continue to pace the advanced world, or will expanding indebtedness, policy uncertainty, and over-extended asset values prove our collective undoing? This presentation focuses on US and regional economic performance with an eye toward discussing emerging risks to what has thus far been an economy that has surprised to the upside.
Course ID: ABEU
Dr. Anirban Basu’s Economic Update: Monetary Masala
Learning Objectives
- Indicate a broad understanding of the risks that threaten the current U.S economic expansion, helping to better prepare organizations for negative economic outcomes
- Recognize and identify key dynamics in the U.S. labor market, allowing for better management of hiring and staffing costs
- Recall a deeper understanding of regional economic dynamics and demographic trends, helping to identify potential expansion opportunities
Major Topics
Overview of Global and US Economies
- Performance of the global economy
- Performance of the US economy relative to the global economy
- Which segments of the US economy are doing well and which ones are not
- US labor markets
- How all of the above will impact the economic environment in the US and the overall health of the real estate market in the US
Advanced Preparations
None
Who Should Attend
Key organizational decision-makers
Fields of Study
EconomicsPrerequisites
Updated yearly; No specific prerequisites; An overarching objective is to present information in a manner that is accessible to people of diverse backgrounds.