Charles Colgan recently unveiled his Economic Forecast for Maine. His economic predictions for 2013 are based on his analysis of employment trends, income, retail sales, and a range of other indicators.
Colgan, a professor of public policy and management in USM’s Muskie School of Public Service and former state economist, serves as a research fellow at the United Sates Bureau of Labor Statistics and chief economist for the National Ocean Economics Program. He is former chair of the Maine Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, which prepares an economic outlook report for state budget preparation.
This talk was recorded January 8, 2013 in Hannaford Lecture Hall, at USM in Portland.
Colgan Economic Outlook for 2012 (Click for power point presentation)