Please join us for AAMP's first General Member Meeting (GMM) of 2020
Economic Outlook: 2020 & Beyond
Featuring
Kurt J. Rankin, Vice President & Economist
The PNC Financial Services Group
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Thursday, January 16, 11:30am
Doubletree Pittsburgh - Green Tree
$50 Per Person - Includes 3 Entree Selections:
Lemon-Parmesan Chicken Romano ~ Grilled Mahi Mahi ~ Wild-Mushroom Ravioli
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About the Speaker: Kurt Rankin contributes to PNC's regional, national and international economic analysis, including coverage of metropolitan-area economies throughout PNC's midwestern footprint. Rankin focuses on econometric model design and improvement, specifically with operations related to quality control and model validation.
Rankin joined PNC in June of 2010 after a 10-year career with Moody's Analytics. In that position, he served as the lead analyst for operations design and implementation for a vast array of econometric modeling systems, from country-level macroeconomic models to concept-specific, highly customized forecasting projects. Rankin also helped to launch that firm's Sydney, Australia economic research operations on site. He was named vice president in February 2016.
He is past president of The Economic Club of Pittsburgh, the local chapter of National Association of Business Economics (NABE).
Rankin earned a Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pittsburgh and his Master's degree in economics and finance from Venice International University (Venice, Italy). Rankin also holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix with a concentration in global management.