Under Secretary Doms to Participate in GDP Conference Call Friday Hosted by Business Forward
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Under Secretary of Economic Affairs Dr. Mark Doms will participate in a conference call hosted by Business Forward this Friday, to discuss the newest GDP figures released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that morning. The conference call will also feature Beth Ann Bovino, Chief Economist for Standard and Poor's. Link to register: http://www.businessfwd.org/blog/gdp
What:
Discussion of latest GDP figures with Under Secretary Doms and Standard and Poor's Chief Economist Beth Ann Bovino
(Biographies below)
When:
Friday, January 30, 2015
12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT
How to join: Click here to register and receive a unique dial-in and password
The call will be open to the press.
BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Mark Doms
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
Under Secretary Mark Doms serves as a top economic advisor to the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Obama Administration. In this capacity, he contributes to policies and discussions on a wide range of issues including data, trade, manufacturing, taxation, innovation, competitiveness, retirement security, immigration, and education. Dr. Doms also leads the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), which includes two of our nation's preeminent information agencies: the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). These agencies collect and produce information on the United States' dynamic population and economy, providing vital data to our nation's citizens, businesses, and leaders. The Census Bureau and BEA have a combined staff of over 10,000 and a budget exceeding $1 billion.
Dr. Beth Ann Bovino
U.S. Chief Economist, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
Beth Ann Bovino is the U.S. chief economist at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, based in New York. She develops S&P's U.S. economic forecasts and authors the monthly U.S. Economic Forecast, the quarterly U.S. Risks to the Forecast, the weekly Financial Notes and the Weekly Economics Call. Bovino also has created reports on industry drivers for analyst research. She is quoted regularly in the media and has appeared on the major networks, and she has written many articles for popular and professional publications. Before joining Standard & Poor's in 2004, Bovino spent more than 10 years conducting economic and market research with Sungard Institutional Brokerage, UBS Warburg and the Federal Reserve. The Wall Street Journal recognized her as the most accurate forecaster of the U.S. economy in 2013.
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SOURCE U.S. Department of Commerce
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