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  2. January 28, 2019 - Jenny Minier (Economist, Director of CBER)

January 28, 2019 - Jenny Minier (Economist, Director of CBER)

Jan 28, 2019

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 28, 2019) – The Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) is the applied economic research branch of the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. Its purpose is to disseminate economic information and provide economic and policy analysis to assist decision makers in Kentucky’s public and private sectors.

The current director of CBER is Jenny Minier (pronounced ma-near). Minier is Sturgill (pronounced stir-jill) Professor of Business and Public Policy and Professor of Economics in the Gatton College, and also teaches in UK’s Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.

On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UKPR‘s Carl Nathe talks with Minier about the work of CBER, including helping to put together the 30th Annual Economic Outlook Conference, sponsored  by Central Bank, on February 13.

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