2023 Economic Outlook Breakfast

Join us for the 2023 Economic Outlook Breakfast! We will be taking a deep dive into the Ventura County (with a focus on Ventura) economy, including why we have been slow to recover and why we are still operating at a flat and slightly negative GDP.  We will examine the role of housing in economic development, and there will be some discussion about what’s next and how we can help shape a more prosperous community.

For our Economic Outlook Breakfast we will be featuring Dr. Matthew Fienup. Matthew is the Executive Director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) at California Lutheran University. He is also Associate Professor of Economics in the school’s Master of Quantitative Economics program. Matthew is an applied economist who specializes in econometrics, economic policy analysis, land use, and environmental markets. Matthew is a member of the Wall Street Journal Economic Forecasting Survey. He was the recipient of 2019, 2020 and 2021 Crystal Ball Awards for the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey (formerly the Case-Schiller Home Price Survey). CERF’s U.S. home price forecast received multiple top-3 rankings among more than 100 forecasts included in the survey.