Looks like Economy.com is going to say something important today from 4-5:30 today in Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone. Now I’m not one to tell people to go after the speaking part for food, but if you were to be “getting out of class at say 5:20” and “walked through Bossone” I wouldn’t blame you if you grabbed snacks.

Again, possible food! Reception is no guarantee.

From the DDD

LeBow College of Business will host a discussion with Mark Zandi, PhD, chief economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com, and Tony Hughes, PhD, senior director of credit analytics at Moody’s, today, May 26, 2009, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Mitchell Auditorium, Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets).

Zandi and Hughes will lecture on the economy, with some discussion and predictions on the commercial real estate market.

Zandi directs the company’s research and consulting activities. He is the author of Financial Shock, an exposé of the subprime financial crisis. He has also analyzed the impact of the stimulus program and presented his findings to Congressional leaders and the current administration.

Hughes manages the company’s credit analysis consulting projects for global lending institutions. An expert applied econometrician, he also oversees the development of Moody’s CreditCycle and manages the data and forecasting products CreditForecast.com and CreditForecast.co.uk. Hughes has held positions at the University of Adelaide, the University of New South Wales and Vanderbilt University, and published a number of articles in leading statistics and economics journals.