News Release
UDM professor and alumnus discuss the changing economic landscape
University of Detroit Mercy Economics Professor Donald Byrne and Senior Research Analyst and UDM alumnus Paul Ballew '88, '91, will present an economics symposium on Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Fountain Lounge on McNichols Campus. The discussion will include the economic problems of 2008 and how the economy has been rapidly changing over the past decades. Both economic experts will discuss the U.S. economy from the Great Depression to now.
Paul Ballew '88, '91 is senior vice president of Consumer Insight & Analytics for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. He will be outlining our economy's current situation, and how the new paradigm acts as a pathway to many of today's current financial problems. Ballew was previously the chief sales forecaster with General Motors Corporation.
Professor of Economics Donald Byrne has taught at the University for over 40 years and annually publishes an Economics newsletter, which is available online at http://byrned.faculty.udmercy.edu/.
Both Ballew and Byrne published the report, "Financial Markets in Transition-1995," with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Release date: February 03, 2009
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The University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest private Catholic University, offering approximately 100 majors and programs in 60 academic fields. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has three campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit.
For the 12th consecutive year, UDM was ranked among the top tier of Midwestern master's universities in U.S.News & World Report's "Best Colleges," 2013 edition.
