National Association for Business Economics
NABE is an association of professionals who have an interest in business economics and who want to use the latest economic data and trends to enhance their ability to make sound business decisions.

• Economic Debate 2008
  The economic advisors to the top presidential candidates debate on November 9, 2007. Participating were: Gene Sperling, Economic Adviser to Hillary Clinton; Michael Boskin, Economic Adviser to Rudolph Giuliani; Leo Hindery, Economic Adviser to John Edwards; Doug Holtz-Eakin, Economic Adviser to John McCain; Austan Goolsbee, Economic Adviser to Barack Obamain. The debate was sponsored by NABE, the National Economists Club, Altarum, Macroeconomic Advisers, and the Tax Foundation. Watch the debate through streaming video at C-Span, or download an audio podcast from NABE.
• NABE Outlook: Lower Growth, Recession Risks
  The NABE panelists see reduction in economic growth across major spending categories, in the survey released during the NABE Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
• Turmoil in Credit Markets: Rational Re-Pricing, or, Emerging Credit Crunch?
  A podcast of the teleconference featuring Martin Fridson, CFA, FridsonVision LLC Mark Zandi , Moody's Economy.com Inc, and Joshua Rosner, Graham Fisher and Co, is available as a free download. The past few weeks have witnessed a significant re-assessment of credit risk. Credit spreads on corporate debt have widened, bond issuances have been cancelled, and commercial lenders have tightened underwriting standards. While the deterioration of credit quality in mortgage markets is widely acknowledged as appropriate, there is less agreement regarding slippage in other debt markets. The economic implications, therefore, are murky.
• NABE at the ASSA Meetings
  NABE will be sponsoring two sessions at the ASSA Meetings in New Orleans in January, 2008. The first session is "Recent and Prospective Developments in Monetary Policy Transparency and Communications: A Global Perspective" . The second session is "Accounting for Stock Options in the National Income Accounts".