November 2003 Regional Breakfast Series

The UCLA Anderson Forecast

In partnership with
the California Economic Forecast and UC Irvine, Graduate School of Mangement
Host a Regional Breakfast Series

Focus on Orange County
"The UCLA Anderson Forecast, Orange County Economic Outlook for 2004"

Hyatt Regency Irvine
Irvine, CA
Thursday, November 20, 2003
7:45am - 11:15am

Website registration for this event is now closed as of 11/18/2003. Please register at the door.
Price at the Door: $125

The UCLA Anderson Forecast has been providing one of the most accurate and relied upon economic forecasts in the Nation for over 50 years. Now the organization that successfully predicted the 2001 recession and the extended Southern California slump of the early nineties is coming to Orange County to give the outlook for the State, Nation, and local economy for 2004. Will the U.S. economy finally return to normal growth? What do the State budget problems mean for the local regions? Is real estate due for a correction?

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7:45am - 8:30am	Registration and Breakfast

8:30am - 8:40am	Welcome
	Western Financial Bank

8:40am - 8:45am	Introductions
	Chicago Title

8:45am - 9:15am	National & State Economic Outlook
	Is Wall Street's optmism about the economy on target or misplaced? What caused the California budget crisis? Where is Southern California heading and why?

	Christopher Thornberg, Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast

9:15am - 9:45am	Financial Market Outlook - Bulls, Bears, Bond Blowups & the Schwarzenegger Economy
	Peter Navarro, Professor of Economics, UCI, Graduate School of Management

	Professor Peter Navarro takes a top down look at the national and California economies and world financial markets using the macrowave analysis developed in his lates book, "When the Market Moves, Will You Be Ready?" Particularly, attention will be paid to the impact of California's Latest political earthquake on the national economic recovery.

9:45am - 10:15am	Real Estate Outlook for Southern California
	John Burns, John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Orange County
	Who is buying homes and how can they afford them? Where are we in the housing cycle, and will it last? What will the addition if 15,000 new housing units in Irvine do to home prices?

10:15am - 10:50am	"Orange County Economic Forecast: An Orange or a Lemon?"
	Can the Orange County Economy rebound as it has in the past? What are the prospects for housing, employment, and new business formation?

	Mark Schniepp, Director, California Economic Forecast

10:50am - 11:10am	Q & A
	Richard Reisman, Publisher and CEO, Orange County Business Journal

11:10am - 11:15am	Closing

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For more information regarding this event, please contact:

Sherif Hanna
Director of Business Development
Phone: (323)932-0411
Cell: (323)356-3406