Media Relations
Tuesday,
November 25,
2003
Economics Department
Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first person-to-person micro-lending Web site, will speak at Indiana University Bloomington next Thursday (Sept. 24).
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The Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research at Indiana University Bloomington will co-sponsor a conference this week in Princeton, N.J., aimed at bringing macroeconomic research to bear on policy issues. The conference, "Monetary-Fiscal Policy Interactions, Expectations, and Dynamics in the Current Economic Crisis," will take place Friday and Saturday (May 22-23) at Princeton University.
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The Department of Economics at Indiana University Bloomington will serve as host this weekend for the 2009 Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, a gathering at which scholars from around the world will present papers and discuss issues in economics. More than 160 economists will attend the meetings, taking place from May 15-17.
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A lecture scheduled for Thursday (April 9) by Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first person-to-person micro-lending Web site, has been postponed.
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With economies around the world suffering through what could become the worst downturn since the Great Depression, Indiana University economists will share their insights and analysis in a symposium intended for students, faculty, staff and the general public. "Worldwide Economic Crisis: Proximate Causes, Historical Perspective and Policy Responses," will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 3 in room 100 of Woodburn Hall.
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Today (Dec. 5), the U.S. Labor Department released statistics showing that employers cut 533,000 jobs in November, which was the most since 1972. Bill Witte, associate professor of economics and co-director of the Center for Econometric Model Research at Indiana University, is available to offer some perspective.
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