Dan Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today, will moderate a discussion with Dr. Nela Richardson, ADP Chief Economist and co-head of the ADP Research Institute, and Dana Peterson, Chief Economist of The Conference Board on the state of economy in 2024 and the impact on accounting.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the economic challenges accountants should be warning their clients about
- Recognize effective solutions for recruiting and retaining talent amid historic labor shortages and lows startings salaries
- Determine how artificial intelligence is impacting workforce productivity
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Group: Internet-based
NASBA Field of Study
Business Management & Organization (1 hour)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructors
Dan Hood
Daniel Hood is editor-in-chief of Accounting Today. He has been with the publication for over two decades, previously serving as managing editor. He has also served as a business editor for the New York Daily News Express, and as a production editor for The Wall Street Journal Europe.
Nela Richardson
Nela Richards on joined ADP as Chief Economist in 2020, where she leads economic research and is co-head of the ADP Rese arch Institute. Nela regularly provides insight on the economy, real estate trends and capital markets to policymakers, consumers and media. She is a regular contributor to Marketplace from American Public Media and has frequently appeared on Bloomberg, Fox Business, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, FORTUNE, The New York Times and other national and local media.
Dana Peterson
Dana Peterson is the Chief Economist and Leader of the Economy, Strategy & Finance Center at The Conference Board. Prior to this, she served as a North American Economist and later as a Global Economist at Citi, the world’s largest investment bank. Dana’s wide-ranging economics portfolio includes analyzing global themes having direct financial market implications, including monetary policy; inflation; labor markets; fiscal and trade policy; debt; taxation; ESG; consumption, and demographics. Peterson’s rese arch has bee n featured by U.S. and international news outlets, both in print and broadcast, including CNBC, FOX Business , Bloomberg, Thomson-Reuters, CNN Finance, Yahoo Finance, TD Ameritrade , Barron’s, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal.