The 2010 30th Biennial CIRET Conference

In October 2010, The Conference Board hosted the 30th Biennial CIRET Conference in New York City. The Center for International Research on Economic Tendency (CIRET) Surveys Conference is a forum that brings together academics, statisticians, business leaders, and economic experts for the discussion and application of new methodological developments in business cycle measurement and analysis. Topics from this conference included:

• Economic tendency surveys and financial markets
• Short-term economic surveys and indicators
• Real-time monitoring and forecasting
• Surveys related to structural aspects of the economy

Download presentations from this conference

• Household Debt and Saving During the Great Recession
  by Wilbert van der Klaauw
• Real-Time Macroeconomic Monitoring
  by Francis X. Diebold
• Controversial Issues About the Recession and Recovery
  by Robert J. Gordon
• Estimating Business Cycle Turning Points Using Large Data Sets
  by James Stock and Mark Watson