Two IUPUC professors will discuss the impact of tariffs, trade wars, tax cuts, a tight labor market and opioid abuse on the city and state economies during the Indiana Business Outlook Panel’s stop in Columbus.
Steve Mohler, visiting assistant professor of business, and Ryan Brewer, associate professor of finance, will be among four panelists presenting local, state, national and global economic and market forecasts at 8 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Columbus Learning Center Lecture Hall. Mohler will share the local outlook and Brewer the state forecast.
“There is a lot more to look at than in previous years,” Brewer said.
Cummins Inc., for example, a Columbus-based Fortune 500 company and the community’s largest employer, is impacted by all of the aforementioned topics that will be included in the presentations, Brewer said.
Also, tax cuts have driven the U.S. economy as of late, the IUPUC professors said.
More money in people’s paychecks have driven consumer spending, Mohler said. But now there’s more evidence of business investment, Brewer said.
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