To celebrate The UW Now Livestream’s100th episode, the program is welcoming back a few of our most frequent guests, including global economist Dana M. Peterson MS’02. As the United States has navigated a pandemic, recession scares, and labor market swings, Peterson has returned to the livestream time and again to offer insight gained from an impressive career in finance. Since 2020, she has served as chief economist to The Conference Board, a global think tank that delivers research and guidance to Fortune 500 executives. Before that, Peterson spent nearly 20 years as an economist at Citi, and she worked as a research assistant for the Federal Reserve Board early in her career.
On August 13, Peterson will join the livestream to discuss slowing inflation rates, possible interest-rate cuts, and her outlook for the fall.
My Chief Area of Expertise Is:
I am the chief economist at The Conference Board.
On The UW Now Livestream, I’ll Discuss:
I will be discussing inflation and the labor market in the U.S. heading into the fall season. Inflation is continuing to slow from the lofty levels that we saw right after the pandemic, but we’re still not at the 2 percent target. Nonetheless, the Federal Reserve Board is looking to start cutting interest rates, especially as the labor market is cooling from its breakneck pace.
One Thing I’d Like Viewers to Remember Is:
The U.S. economy is still healthy, but we should continue to watch what happens, certainly with respect to the path of interest rates.
To Get Smart Fast, Read:
Articles from The Conference Board:
- Q2 GDP Growth Supports Rate Cuts This Year, from July 25
- Inflation Slows but Not Enough for July Cut, from July 26
- Fed Still Looking for Confidence to Cut, from July 31
- Labor Market Cools, Fed Attentive to Unemployment, from August 2
Since My First Appearance on the Livestream:
We’ve watched the U.S. economy go from the brink of disaster with the pandemic to extreme inflation and quitting, but now we think that the economy is starting to ease and settle back into something that’s going to be a new normal post-pandemic.
