SPEAKERS:

1. ) YELENA MALEYEV, Senior Economist at KPMG, NABE National & CHICAGO Board Director

2. ) GORDON PARRISH, Economist at Free Market Inc.

3. ) The NABE CHICAGO 2026 Forecast winner

Continuing the tradition of Free Market Inc., a full-service economic consulting firm that has hosted 15 economists for 20+ years in an annual private meeting where they tested their forecasting accuracy by each giving a “no holds barred, swing for the fences,” economic forecast for the following year. The person with the most accurate forecast from the previous year received a round of applause, a certificate, and bragging rights.

 If you like, you can engage in “The Art of Economic Forecasting” by contributing at the event your own “swing for the fences” 2027 forecast via paper ballot in a sealed envelope, which will then be entered into NABE CHICAGO’s “The Art of Economic Forecasting” January 2028 lunch contest. Note: no one will know your 2027 forecast UNLESS you are the NABE CHICAGO audience forecast winner.

If you are the winner,

• you will receive 2 free tickets to a NABE CHICAGO event of your choice.

• you will present your 2028 key economic thoughts at NABE CHICAGO’s 2028 “The Art of Economic Forecasting” lunch. 

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