What is the economic pulse for 2017? Wells Fargo Managing Director and Senior Economist Mark Vitner will be providing valuable insight into our economic future at the Carson City Chamber of Commerce luncheon open to the public on Tuesday, January 24 at the Gold Dust West.
Vitner is a managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo, responsible for tracking U.S. and regional economic trends. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, he also writes for the company’s Monthly Economic Outlook report and the Weekly Economic and Financial Commentary, and he provides regular updates on the housing markets, commercial real estate, regional economies, consumer spending, and issues impacting small business.
The Chamber is proud to partner with Wells Fargo to bring Vitner to Carson City to address those interested in our economic future. Must RSVP by 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20th at 882-1565. Cost is $20 per person and includes lunch that will be served at 11:15 a.m. Doors open at 11 a.m. at the Gold Dust West meeting room.
Among those topics many are interested in: Will the economy continue to rebound under President Donald Trump’s promised growth of 4 percent? Will employment remain stable? Will the proposed interest rate hikes damage or aid the economy?
There’s a fear of irrational exuberance in the stock market that could signal a recession in the next few years. What does this all mean for Carson City and Nevada?
Mr. Vitner is being flown from his office in Charlotte, NC by the local office of Wells Fargo. He is well versed on Nevada’s economic issues and tracks U.S. and regional economic trends that are published in the Wells Fargo Monthly Economic Outlook Report and the Weekly & Financial Commentary.
He provides weekly updates on the housing markets, commercial real estate, consumer spending, and issues impacting small business. His insightful commentary has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and many other financial publications.
Vitner serves as a distinguished lecturer and practitioner at the University of Georgia and serves on many top-notch business boards in a various of states.
Mark joined a Wells Fargo predecessor institution in 1993. Before that, he spent nine years as an economist for Barnett Banks in Jacksonville, Florida. Mark’s commentary has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and many other publications.
Originally from Atlanta, Mark earned a B.B.A. in economics from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from the University of North Florida. He has completed further graduate work in economics at the University of Florida. He also completed the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Advanced Training in Economics program at Carnegie Mellon University.
Mark is a member of NABE and is also a member of that group’s inaugural Certified Business Economist class. Mark is a past president and co-founder of the NABE Charlotte chapter, The Charlotte Economics Club. He serves as a distinguished lecturer and practitioner at the University of Georgia.
He is a member of the American Economic Association, the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, and the Western Economic Association. He also chaired the Economic Advisory Council for the California Chamber of Commerce for three years.
He currently serves as the chief economist for the North Carolina chapter of the CCIM Institute, which confers the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation. He is a member of the Blue Chip economic forecasting panel and the Western Blue Chip forecasts panel, and he serves on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
— Ronni Hannaman is the Executive Director of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce
