Bloomberg news reports attendees of the Federal Reserve summer retreat in Jackson Hole are feeling pessimistic. Academics and policy makers attended the symposium where the timely topic was housing and monetary policy. At least one attendee expected that their peers would bolster his outlook – in fact the opposite was true.
“I rather expected that I would come out and find that
people weren't quite as gloomy as I was, and I didn't find
that,'' said former Fed Governor Lyle Gramley, now a senior
economic adviser at Stanford Group Co. in Washington. “So it
confirmed my own concerns about the economy.''
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Bernanke's Pledge Fails to Dispel Pessimism at Jackson Retreat
By John Fraher and Scott Lanman
Bloomberg News
Last Updated: September 3, 2007 00:01 EDT
During her time at Glenbrook, Erin focused on client engagements in business payments, cross-border transactions, bill payment, and the intersection of corporate finance, banking, and ERP/accounting. She has nearly twenty years of experience leading increasingly complex payment initiatives for corporate clients and advising financial institutions and payment technologists on the development of their payment capabilities.
Erin is also the founder of Forte Financial, a consulting firm focused on corporate finance efficiency, technology, and process improvement. She is a past president of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and also a two-term past president of the San Francisco Treasury Management Association. Erin is no longer with Glenbrook, but contributed greatly during her time at the firm.