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Archive for March, 2011
SGE invitation: Consumer Expenditure Survey workshop
Thursday, March 24th, 2011Election results
Thursday, March 24th, 2011President: Farhad Niami
Vice President: Juan Contreras
Treasurer: Andrew Felton
Executive Secretary: Muhammad Faizul Islam
At-large board members:
- Norton Francis
- Al Meilus
- Brian Sloboda
- Leo Sveikauskas
Those positions that cary a multi-year term (Executive Director, Membership Director, and Conference Committee Chair) will continue from the previous year. The next set of elections will occur in February 2012.
4/21 Lunch: Nayantara Hensel, Chief Economist, Department of the Navy
Friday, March 18th, 2011The Impact of Recent Macroeconomic Forces on the Global Defense Industrial Base
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Job posting: Congressional Research Service – Analyst in Income Security
Saturday, March 12th, 20113/17 Lunch: John P. Heimlich, Vice President and Chief Economist, Air Transport Association
Friday, March 11th, 2011U.S. Airlines – A Global Perspective from Inside the Beltway
In 2011, airlines have been contending with rapidly climbing jet-fuel prices that have outpaced crude-oil prices to reach their highest level since September 2008. As of March 4, U.S. Gulf Coast jet fuel sold for $3.20 per gallon. Excluding hedge gains or losses, if U.S. airlines had to contend with $3 per gallon jet-fuel prices for all of 2011, their fuel bill would increase $15 billion, from $39 billion in 2010 to an estimated $54 billion in 2011. Mr. Heimlich will discuss how structural increases in the cost of energy over the past two decades are transforming the industry and what it means for revenue generation, domestic seating capacity, and the global competitive landscape. Mr. Heimlich will field questions on the airlines’ quest for sustained profitability and positive returns on invested capital.
UPDATE: Slides from the talk may be downloaded here: Heimlich slides (PDF).
2011 SGE Elections
Monday, March 7th, 2011Voting is now closed. Results will be announced shortly.
Call for Papers: 2011-12 Conferences
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011CLOSED
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