FEDERAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Paul Traub, Senior Business Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Paul Traub (BBA, MBA) currently holds the position of Senior Business Economist at the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago where his responsibilities include both research and current analysis. Prior to joining the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Traub was the President of Scenario Economics LLC and Senior Economist for Americas Commercial Transportation Research Company, LLC (ACT Research). He retired in 2008 from the position of Corporate Economist with 25 years of service at Chrysler LLC. Traub is currently President of the Detroit Association of Business Economists; is a member of the National Association of Business Economists and the Detroit Economic Club; is on advisory boards for Oakland University School of Business Administration and the Department of Economics, Baker College School of Business, the Michigan Council for Economic Education, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Oakland University in the School of Business. Traub is a co-creator of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit Economic Activity Index and frequent contributor to the Midwest Economy and Michigan Economy blogs. He holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan - Dearborn and an M.B.A. from Oakland University.
THE STATE OF MICHIGAN'S ECONOMY
Scott Darragh, Economist, State of Michigan Department of Treasury
Scott Darragh has been an economist with the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis (ORTA) in the Michigan Department of Treasury since 1999. While his work spans many aspects of economics and public policy, his daily activities include providing revenue and legislative analyses on the Michigan individual income, sales, use, and tobacco taxes. Scott also spent 8 ½ years as an adjunct lecturer in economics at the University of Michigan – Flint, and is now in his second term as a member of the Board of Education of St. Johns Public Schools. Scott received his B.A. from the University of Michigan - Dearborn, M.A. from Wayne State University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Scott and his wife Kendel have two daughters, the eldest recently completed her freshman year at CMU and the youngest will soon complete 7th grade.
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