16th Economic Outlook Conference

Expert economists David Wyss from Standard & Poor’s and Dr. George Hammond professor at WVU Bureau of Business and Economic Research were featured at the 16th Economic Outlook Conference in Charleston. Panelists representing the state’s key business and industry sectors discussed implications of the economic forecast from their perspectives.

Dr. Hammond is associate director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research in the WVU College of Business and Economics. For more than a decade, he has produced numerous forecasts and analyses of the state economy as well as many of the state’s regional economies. He is often quoted in the state’s print and broadcast media, and has provided briefings to the executive and legislative branches of state government. Dr. Hammond publishes academic research on economic development, is an associate professor in the College of Business and Economics and teaches in the Executive MBA program. Auditor Glen B. Gainer III is joined by Dr. Hammond to discuss the upcoming conference, and take us Inside the Numbers of West Virginia’s economic forecast.