Consumer Expenditure Survey Data Users’ Needs Forum

June 21­22, 2010

BLS Conference Center

Monday, June 21 — Meeting Government Data Needs

8:30‐9:00  Registration

9:00‐9:10 am  Welcome & Introductions

Steven Henderson 

Chair, Data Users’ Needs Forum Team 

Keith Hall 

Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics 

9:10‐9:40  User Needs in the CE Redesign

Michael Horrigan  

Associate Commissioner, Office of Prices and Living Conditions 

Jay Ryan 

Chief, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys

9:40‐10:10 am  CPI Needs

William Casey  

Economist, Index Cost Weights and Special Projects Section, Division of 

Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 

10:10­10­30 Questions for BLS presenters

10:30­10:45 am Break

10:45‐12:00 pm  Aggregate Statistics

Chair: Bill Passero, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Cathy A. Cowan  

Economist, Office of the Actuary/National Health Statistics Group, 

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

Arnold J. Katz 

Economist, National Economic Accounts Research Group, Bureau of

Economic Analysis 

Wu‐Lang Lee 

Economist, Research, Analysis, and Statistics, Internal Revenue Service  

Time for Questions & Answers
Consumer Expenditure Survey Data Users’ Needs Forum

June 21­22, 2010

BLS Conference Center

Monday, June 21 (continued)

12:00­1:15 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:15‐2:15 pm  Detailed Data Needs I

Chair: Laura Paszkiewicz, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Mark Lino 

Economist, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, USDA 

Kathleen S. Short  

Economist, Bureau of the Census 

Carol Adaire Jones 

Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA 

Time for Questions & Answers

2:15­2:30 pm Break

2:30‐3:45 pm  Detailed Data Needs II

Chair: Rob McClelland, Chief, Division of Price and Index Number Research

Ed Harris 

Analyst, Tax Analysis Division, Congressional Budget Office 

Phillip Anthony 

Research Analyst, Division of Tax Research, Minnesota Department of 

Revenue 

Kenneth Hanson 

Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA 

Time for Questions & Answers

3:45‐4:00 pm  Meeting Government Data Needs

Jesse Rothstein 

Chief Economist, Department of Labor 

4:00‐5:00 pm  Information Sharing Reception

   
Consumer Expenditure Survey Data Users’ Needs Forum

June 21­22, 2010

BLS Conference Center

Tuesday, June 22 — Macroeconomic Statistics, Economic Well­Being, and

Analysis of Consumer Behavior

8:30‐9:00  Registration

9:00‐9:15 am  Welcome to Day 2

Jay Ryan 

Chief, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys 

9:15‐10:45 am  Macroeconomic Statistics

Chair: Barry Bosworth, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Christopher D. Carroll 

John Hopkins University 

Thomas Crossley 

University of Cambridge 

John Sabelhaus   

University of Maryland 

Mark Bils 

University of Rochester 

Time for Questions & Answers

10:45­11:00 am Break

11:00‐12:00 pm  Economic Well­being

Chair: Thesia Garner, Division of Price and Index Number Research

Jared Bernstein 

Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President  

Geng Li  

Economist, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board 

Time for Questions & Answers

12:00­1:15 pm Lunch (on your own)

   
Consumer Expenditure Survey Data Users’ Needs Forum

June 21­22, 2010

BLS Conference Center

Tuesday, June 22 (continued)

1:15‐2:15 pm  Analysis of Consumer Behavior  

Chair: Geoffrey Paulin, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Bruce Meyer 

Northwestern University 

Janet Wagner 

Director, Center for Excellence in Service, University of Maryland 

Sherman Hanna 

Consumer Sciences Department, Ohio State University 

Time for Questions & Answers

2:15­2:30 pm Break

2:30‐3:30 pm  Panel Discussion

Moderator: Jay Ryan, Chief, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Brent Moulton 

Associate Director, National Economic Accounts, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis 

Laura Wheaton 

Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute 

John Eltinge 

Associate Commissioner, Office of Survey Methods Research, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics 

Time for Questions & Answers

3:30‐3:45 pm  Closing Remarks

Michael Horrigan 

Associate Commissioner, Office of Prices and Living Conditions