Editor’s Note: On Thursday December 9th, the Annual Hull College of Business Economic Forecast Outlook was held at the Jaguar Center at AU’s Summerville Campus. Our Josh Heath attended and reported on the job crunch and not-so-great inflation news shared at the breakfast. Click here for more detail. Dean Rick Franza hosted the event for the business community and shares his insights in his regular, weekly column. Some of his comments were edited for brevity and clarity. ABD:  Rick….were you pleased by the turnout? Rick: Very much; so we had

Unlike many CSRA employers, Lane Keen’s business hasn’t experienced a labor shortage. Keen – owner of Keen Signs & Graphics, recently moved his business from Reynolds Street to a much larger location at 1467 Broad St. “We have low turnover,” he says. Keen was one of about 100 attendees at the 2021 Economic Outlook Breakfast, which was held on Thursday, Dec. 9 in Augusta University’s Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom. The presenter for this event was Dr. Simon Medcalfe – Professor of Economics with the university’s James M. Hull College