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1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics

October 7, 2022

The Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance will be hosting the 1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics on Friday, November 18th and Saturday, November 19, 2022

MEBDI

2nd MEBDI Fall Conference on Big Data in Macroeconomics, in collaboration with LAEF

September 30, 2022

The Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute (MEBDI) will hold the 2nd MEBDI Fall Conference on Big Data in Macroeconomics in collaboration with the Lab for Aggregate Economics and Finance on Friday, October 14 - Saturday, October 15th, 2022

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61st Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture

September 21, 2022

The Economics Department is excited to host Dr. Nick Bloom as our featured speaker for this year's Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture on November 16, 2022.

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16

Theory Seminar: Ben Golub, Northwestern University

North Hall 2111 | 3:30pm
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