Thursday, September 30, 2010

CoBank's Outlook Newsletter

CoBank publishes a monthly newsletter called Outlook. Each issue features an interview with an expert on a topic of interest. Following is a list of this year's issues:

Jan - Assessing Inflation Risk, Todd Buchholz
Feb - The Case for Free Markets*, George Melloan
Mar - Double-Digit Growth — No Matter What, Michael Treacy
Apr - Economics and Population Growth, Robert Fogel (Nobel prize 1993)
May - Outlook for the Eurozone, Judy Shelton
June - Tax Policy and the U.S. Economy, Leonard Burman
July - Protectionism vs. Free Trade, Douglas Irwin
Aug - Keynes, Hayek and the Great Stimulus Debate*, Russ Roberts
Sept - Russia's Future in the World Economy, Bruce Parrott

*mentioned in previous blog posts

The September issue includes a special report on the outlook for the U.S. livestock sector including dairy. The livestock sector is being heavily influenced by current events in the crop sector, including Russia's recent embargo on wheat exports.