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I am this years president of the National Economist club and im happy to say we are having a banner year. Our Weekly Lunch Program is enjoying great attendance. We have a rich diversity of speakers that reflect the wonderful intellectual diversity in our field. Today, we come to one of our two major events of the year, our summer signature program. Friends, twonk two sponsors who have made todays great event worthwhile. First of all, my friends at um, a research and Consulting Firm that has been open for 52 years and embodies the great tradition of innovative Economic Research at the university of maryland. Our friends at the National Association of realtors. Since 1908, they have been the voice of the Real Estate Community in washington and have provided some invaluable economic data, Economic Research. Mind, with those organizations supporting us and with this large and distinguished audience behind us, we have come to a moment. And i have to tell you, i cannot imagine a better marri
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Welcome to the National Economists club 2019 senator mitch are account. Im happy to say we are having a better year, our Weekly Lunch Program is enjoying great attendance. We have rich diversity of speakers, intellectual diversity of the field. We come to one of our two major events of the year, our summer signature program. I want to thank two friends, two sponsors that made it worthwhile. In for him is a research and consulting firm, very much embodies the tradition of innovative Economic Research at the university of maryland. Our friends at the National Association of realtors since 1908 they have been the voice of the Real Estate Community in washington and provided some invaluable economic data, Economic Research and the critical sector of the economy. With those organizations supporting us with this large and distinguished audience behind us we come to a moment, i cannot imagine a better marriage of a moment and the speaker, then what we have today. James bullard is really a man
The hearing of subcommittee on general farm commodities and Risk Management entitled reviewing the state of the farm economy will come to order. Good morning and thank you for joining us, as we look into this critical aspect of our economy. Every one of us seated up here has heard from farmers in our districts about the bad farm economy. Commodity prices are low, input costs are rising and financial pressure is mounting on farmers across this country. While we hear so much about the booming state of the overall economy, our rural and farm economy continues to struggle. You cannot have a successful National Economy when such a vital component hurts the way our farmers are currently. The numbers paint a rough picture. Usda forecasts net farming level for 2019 to be only 77 of the annual average for 2000 through 2017. Its down 50 from 2013 alone. Inflationadjusted farm debt is the highest it has been since 1980 and the debt to asset ratio for farmers is rising steadily. This hearing offer