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Department Accepting Applications for Assistant Teaching Professor

February 8, 2023

The Department is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor

1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics

October 7, 2022

The Laboratory for Aggregate Economics and Finance will be hosting the 1st Annual Junior Workshop in Macroeconomics on Friday, November 18th and Saturday, November 19, 2022

2nd MEBDI Fall Conference on Big Data in Macroeconomics, in collaboration with LAEF

September 30, 2022

The Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute (MEBDI) will hold the 2^ndMEBDI Fall Conference on Big Data in Macroeconomics in collaboration with the Lab for Aggregate Economics and Finance on Friday, October 14 - Saturday, October 15th, 2022

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