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SXU hosts successful 2016 Economic Summit

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Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) Graham School of Management hosted their 2nd Annual Economic Summit on Friday, Feb. 26 at the Willis Tower located at 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago. Seventy-two business and economic professionals attended to hear event panelists discuss the latest economic and financial trends within the U.S. market – how China’s falling economy affects the U.S.; inflation and interest rates; geographical impacts on personal economic growth; and Illinois budget crisis with respect to MAP grant funding.

Panelists in attendance at the Summit include (pictured in photo from left to right): Dr. Indranil Ghosh, associate professor of economics; William Strauss, senior economist and advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Dr. Asghar Sabbaghi, dean of Graham School of Management; Dr. Monzurul Hoque, professor of finance and chair of the Graham School Management’s Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis; and Dr. Song Wang, assistant professor of finance.

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