2021 Regional Economic Conditions Conference

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is hosting its fourth annual Regional Economic Conditions Conference on January 13, 2021. The half-day conference will focus on the economic impact of COVID-19 across the Ninth District, with special attention paid to the pandemic’s impact on workers.

The event will be keynoted by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, who will talk about the challenges and opportunities for the Peace Garden State, followed by questions from Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president. The conference will also feature presentations and panel discussions with prominent economists who will spotlight the pandemic’s impact in each state in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

 

Tentative Program:

8:30 a.m.         Welcome by Neel Kashkari, President of the Minneapolis Fed

8:35 a.m.         Pandemic impact in Ninth District states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

• Will include panel discussion at end of presentations

10:00 a.m.       Keynote by Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota

10:50 a.m.       Pandemic impact in Ninth District states: North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana

• Will include panel discussion at end of presentations

12:15 p.m.      Conference concludes

 

• UP/Michigan -- Leonidas Murembya, Economic Specialist for the State of Michigan's Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives 

• Wisconsin – Tessa Conroy, Economic Development Specialist and Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 

• Minnesota – Oriane Casale, Interim Director, Labor Market Information Office, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

• North Dakota – Jeremy Jackson, Director of the NDSU Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise 

• South Dakota – Mark Quasney, State Economist, South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management

• Montana – Pat Barkey, Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of Montana

***This event is a Federal Reserve event, the Midway Chamber is not the organizer***