Business Before Hours - Economic Forecast 2015

The first Business Before Hours of the new year, sponsored by First United Trust & Investments is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20, 8:00 am at Wisp Resort in the Crawford Room.  The topic will be an Economic Forecast with guest speaker R. Andrew Bauer, senior regional economist at the Baltimore Branch of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank.

Andrew monitors the Fifth District economy with a special focus on Maryland and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.  Prior to joining the Richmond Fed in 2006, Bauer worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.  As a senior economic analyst on the Atlanta Fed's macroeconomic team, Bauer co-authored articles on macroeconomic forecasting, consumer inflation measures and shocks to the U.S. economy during recessions. Bauer is earned his B.A at American University and his Ph.D. at Emory University.