2003 Business Outlook Panel

Each fall since 1972, the Business Outlook panel from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has presented an economic forecast for the coming year to business, political and community leaders of Indiana.

On November 7, the Business Outlook Panel delivered their 2003 economic forecast presentation in Bloomington. Panelists, in order of appearance are: R. Jeffery Green, co-director, the Center for Econometric Model Research and professor of business economics and public policy; John A. Boquist, professor of finance; Thayr Richey, president of Strategic Development Group Inc. and the local panelist; and Morton J. Marcus, director of the Indiana Business Research Center.

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Jeff Green

John Boquist

• Opening Remarks
• Interest Rates
• Mortgage Refinancing
• Debt Overhang
• Stock Market
• Global Economics

Thayr Richey

• Bloomington Economy
• Measuring Local Economies
  (Population, Employment)
• "We have a great base for the new economy."
• South Central Indiana Regional Economy
• Local Economic Development Sector

Morton Marcus

• Sectors in the Indiana Economy
  (Labor Force, Housing Growth)
• Important Issues
  (Connecting Indiana Communities, Brownfield Redevelopment, Government Efficiency, Property Tax Uncertainty)