ProDealer Industry Summit taps the Fed
The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and HBSDealer announced the latest addition to the educational agenda of the upcoming ProDealer Industry Summit in Savannah, Georgia Oct. 8-11.
A keynote session will feature Dr. David E. Altig, the Executive Vice President and Chief Economic Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Altig where share his insights on current economic conditions and the Federal Reserve’s role in the economy.
As the nation’s central bank, the Federal Reserve is responsible for monetary policy, providing financial services, and supervising financial institutions. During this session attendees will embark on an insightful journey to unravel the last several months of economic activity and gain perspective on whether the economy is positioned to attain the elusive “soft leading.”
Altig will also provide a national economic forecast and discuss key performance indicators for the remainder of the 2024 and peek into what the future holds. Additional topics will include GDP, inflation, interest rates, housing market, monetary policy, and unemployment.
David E. Altig is executive vice president and chief economic adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He serves on the executive leadership team for the Bank's economic mobility and resilience strategic priority, is an executive cosponsor of the Working Families Employee Resource Network, and is an adviser to the executive leadership committee.
Altig is a fellow and immediate past president of the National Association for Business Economics. In addition, he is a member of the advisory council of the Global Interdependence Center and its College of Central Bankers and a member of the National Business Economics Issues Council. He serves on the board of the Konstanz Seminar on Monetary Theory and Policy. He has past and pending published research in several prominent professional journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the National Tax Journal.
