Meeting

World Economic Update

Monday, June 17, 2024
Issei Kato/REUTERS
Speakers
Karen Karniol-Tambour

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates, LP; CFR Term Member

Jens Nordvig

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Exante Data

Adam Posen

President, Peterson Institute for International Economics; CFR Member

Presider
Sebastian Mallaby

Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations; @scmallaby

Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and World Economic Update

The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy.

This series is presented by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and is dedicated to the life and work of the distinguished economist Martin Feldstein.

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