Introduction

Welcome to my new blog. I'm an Economist at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. I generally make two presentations a year to the 7 Rivers Region Economic Indicators Breakfast Meetings. The research I do for those meetings is sponsored State Bank Financial, and the presentations are sponsored by State Bank Financial, The La Crosse Tribune, and The College of Business Administration. This 7 Rivers Region Economics blog will contain the ideas and writings which may or may not end up in the publication provided at the breakfast meetings. I will use it largely as a means for tracking different topics and collecting my ideas. Of course the views expressed in this blog are mine alone, they do not necessarily reflect the position of my employer, The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, the UW System or the State of Wisconsin.