At the end of our Economic Forecast event, there are always questions and discussions that there isn’t time to cover. So, the day after the event, host Chris Conetzkey asked several of the panelists back along with an event attendee to hear what questions and thoughts lingered for them after hearing the panel’s insights.

• The landscape of ongoing uncertainty facing Iowa businesses, including global trade dynamics and uneven consumer affordability
• How health care, cancer rates and water quality are emerging as core economic and workforce issues Iowa’s long-term challenges around workforce attraction, population growth and housing, and what it means for Iowa’s economic future

GUESTS:

• Robin Anderson – state chief economist and division administrator, research & policy division, Iowa Department of Revenue
• Sarah Diehn, Business Record Editor
• Eric Lohmeier – president, NCP
• Joe Murphy, president, Iowa Business Council

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