As 2023 approaches, former Dallas Fed economist Christopher Slijk will review the performance of the regional and national economies this year as the COVID-19 pandemic gave way to supply and labor shortages as key headwinds to growth. He will also discuss the ongoing dynamics affecting global supply chains, recent developments in inflation and monetary policy, and the economic outlook for the coming year.

Speaker - Christopher Slijk, CBE 

Christopher Slijk is a Texas-based economist whose work focuses on regional economic growth and drivers of manufacturing and service sector activity. His background includes work in survey design, time-series forecasting, real-time data analysis, and regional economic development. Slijk has been published in academic journals and publications covering topical issues in state-level economic growth and measurement.

Slijk is currently an economist with Caterpillar Inc. and was previously an associate economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is a Certified Business Economist by the National Association of Business Economics, and has an MS in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in economics from Cornell University.

Networking and NTX ASCM hosted beer/wine bar begins at 5:30 PM
Dinner service and announcements at 6:30 PM
Speaker presentation at 7 PM
Closing Remarks at 8 PM

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