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Allen & Company of Florida, LLC, and the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce present the Economic Forecast Breakfast 2024, for the 37th year, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, from 7 to 9 a.m., at the RP Funding Center. Can the United States Avoid a Recession? The global response to COVID was unprecedented. Locking down businesses, printing trillions, and spending trillions to pay people not to work have never been tried before. At the same time, global central banks have embarked on an experimental monetary policy of abundant reserves, which has created inflation and massive mark-to-market losses in the banking system. Will the result be a recession...is inflation really under control...can a soft landing be engineered? And what does all this mean for US equity markets? Come hear from Brian Wesbury as he discusses these issues and more. “The Economic Forecast Breakfast is the perfect opportunity for Lakeland’s business community to begin 2024,” said Amy Wiggins, President & CEO of the Lakeland Chamber. “Because of the support and leadership from Allen & Company, Lakelanders have direct access to Mr. Wesbury’s insight and, possibly most important, his keen ability to make data easily digestible and relevant to businesses of all sizes.” Nationally recognized Chief Economist Brian Wesbury of First Trust Advisors, L.P., returns as the guest speaker for the 37th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast 2024 sponsored by Allen & Company. As the antidote to unconventional wisdom, Wesbury will reveal his 2024 forecast in an exceptionally energetic manner. "Celebrating Brian Wesbury's return to our Economic Forecast Breakfast, Michael Walker, Vice President of Regional Operations at Allen & Co., expressed appreciation for Brian's insightful perspectives year after year. The event, which regularly attracts over 1,000 attendees, aims to empower local business owners with vital economic insights. Walker praised Brian's talent for simplifying complex economic concepts through engaging analogies and commended his unique wit and wisdom in the field. He emphasized the community's excitement about Brian's return to Lakeland in 2024, highlighting the event's ongoing commitment to local economic growth." “At the heart of our community is a strong history of philanthropy. Today, through our community and incredible citizens, that philanthropic spirit continues to transform lives and create long lasting impacts. The film that we’ve had the pleasure to create with Allen and Company shares the fiscal impact that philanthropy has on our community. Through stories and data, we realize that our economy and our community are stronger because of the incredible impact that philanthropy has made….and without it, how things would look completely different.”Andy McEntire, Founder, Indie-Atlantic. Join the conversation on X (formerly know as Twitter) using hashtag #EFB2024. Questions for Mr. Wesbury may be submitted via X using the hashtag #EFB2024. The question and answer period will occur shortly before the end of the program. Questions submitted via X will take precedence. Doors will open at 6:45 a.m. for registration and breakfast at the RP Funding Center. Ticket Pricing Early Registration (Through December 29, 2023) Individual $43 | Table of eight (8) $344 | Student $20 General Pricing Individual $48 | Table of eight (8) $384 ### About Allen & Company of Florida, LLC Since 1932 Allen & Company of Florida, LLC, has provided financial planning and wealth management services to the communities we serve. Headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, with operations in Winter Haven and Viera, Allen & Company is Florida’s oldest investment firm. Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC. About The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce represents 1,200 member businesses in the Greater Lakeland area and provides opportunities for networking, professional development, and advocacy for companies of all sizes.
Allen & Company of Florida, LLC, and the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce present the Economic Forecast Breakfast 2024, for the 37th year, on Thursday, January 18, 2024, from 7 to 9 a.m., at the RP Funding Center.
Can the United States Avoid a Recession? The global response to COVID was unprecedented. Locking down businesses, printing trillions, and spending trillions to pay people not to work have never been tried before. At the same time, global central banks have embarked on an experimental monetary policy of abundant reserves, which has created inflation and massive mark-to-market losses in the banking system. Will the result be a recession...is inflation really under control...can a soft landing be engineered? And what does all this mean for US equity markets? Come hear from Brian Wesbury as he discusses these issues and more.
“The Economic Forecast Breakfast is the perfect opportunity for Lakeland’s business community to begin 2024,” said Amy Wiggins, President & CEO of the Lakeland Chamber. “Because of the support and leadership from Allen & Company, Lakelanders have direct access to Mr. Wesbury’s insight and, possibly most important, his keen ability to make data easily digestible and relevant to businesses of all sizes.”
Nationally recognized Chief Economist Brian Wesbury of First Trust Advisors, L.P., returns as the guest speaker for the 37th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast 2024 sponsored by Allen & Company. As the antidote to unconventional wisdom, Wesbury will reveal his 2024 forecast in an exceptionally energetic manner. "Celebrating Brian Wesbury's return to our Economic Forecast Breakfast, Michael Walker, Vice President of Regional
Operations at Allen & Co., expressed appreciation for Brian's insightful perspectives year after year. The event, which regularly attracts over 1,000 attendees, aims to empower local business owners with vital economic insights. Walker praised Brian's talent for simplifying complex economic concepts through engaging analogies and commended his unique wit and wisdom in the field. He emphasized the community's excitement about Brian's return to Lakeland in 2024, highlighting the event's ongoing commitment to local economic growth."
“At the heart of our community is a strong history of philanthropy. Today, through our community and incredible citizens, that philanthropic spirit continues to transform lives and create long lasting impacts. The film that we’ve had the pleasure to create with Allen and Company shares the fiscal impact that philanthropy has on our community. Through stories and data, we realize that our economy and our community are stronger because of the incredible impact that philanthropy has made….and without it, how things would look completely different.”Andy McEntire, Founder, Indie-Atlantic. Join the conversation on X (formerly know as Twitter) using hashtag #EFB2024. Questions for Mr. Wesbury may be submitted via X using the hashtag #EFB2024. The question and answer period will occur shortly before the end of the program. Questions submitted via X will take precedence. Doors will open at 6:45 a.m. for registration and breakfast at the RP Funding Center.
Ticket Pricing
Early Registration (Through December 29, 2023)
Individual $43 | Table of eight (8) $344 | Student $20
General Pricing
Individual $48 | Table of eight (8) $384
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About Allen & Company of Florida, LLC
Since 1932 Allen & Company of Florida, LLC, has provided financial planning and wealth management services to the communities we serve. Headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, with operations in Winter Haven and Viera, Allen & Company is Florida’s oldest investment firm.
Securities and advisory services offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor. Member FINRA/SIPC.
About The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce
The Lakeland Chamber of Commerce represents 1,200 member businesses in the Greater Lakeland area and provides opportunities for networking, professional development, and advocacy for companies of all sizes.