Quarterly Business Analysis Luncheon
The Quarterly Business Analysis program builds networks of leaders from business, academic and governmental sectors in the region while addressing business highlights of the previous quarter, key economic trends and projections and immediate and long-term issues facing the regional and state economy.
State of Northwest Arkansas Region Report Release
and Quarterly Business Analysis
The Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, in collaboration
with the Northwest Arkansas Council, will release the eighth annual State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report on Sept 25.
The 2018 State of the Region Report will be shared at a 90-minute luncheon program
beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors Event Center at
314 N. Goad Springs Road in Lowell. Attendees are welcome to arrive at 11:00 a.m.
for networking and registration.
Speakers will include Ross DeVol, a fellow of the Walton Family Foundation who focuses on research into policies related
to economic vitality of Northwest Arkansas and America's heartland; Nelson Peacock, president and chief executive officer, Northwest Arkansas Council; and economist Mervin Jebaraj, director of the university's Center for Business and Economic Research. Peacock will
review aspects of the Greater Northwest Arkansas Development Strategy, a plan that
will guide the Northwest Arkansas Council's pursuits over the next three years. DeVol
will discuss the importance of education and knowledge in metropolitan growth, talk
about universities that excel in technology transfer, and describe Utah's success
spurred by decisions nearly 20 years ago to expand science and technology investment.
Jebaraj will outline the economic highlights in the State of the Northwest Arkansas
Region Report as well as economic data and statistics from the Center for Business
and Economic Research's Quarterly Business Analysis. The State of the Northwest Arkansas
Region Report is widely viewed as one of the best measures of performances compared
to peer regions such as Madison, Wisconsin; Raleigh, North Carolina; Provo, Utah;
Des Moines, Iowa; and Austin, Texas.
View 2018 State of the Region Report
Individual tickets are $45 each with the option to purchase a table of eight. Pre-registration is required. The deadline for registration is Friday, September 21. Reservations can be made for the luncheon at http://cber.uark.edu/ or by calling 479-575-4151.
The Quarterly Business Analysis Luncheon addresses short and long term economic growth for the region and nation.
Mervin Jebaraj, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, presented the regular Quarterly Business Analysis on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The program addressed trending economic data, tax cuts, tariffs, interest rate adjustments and other factors and at their effect on short-term and long-term growth for the nation, Arkansas and the region. The program also took a deep dive into what kind of pressure Northwest Arkansas' growing population is putting on affordable housing in the region.
