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With the current national unemployment rate at 13.3 percent, and Idaho鈥檚 jobless rate at 11.5 percent many are concerned with how Idaho鈥檚 economy will look in the coming months. On Wednesday, June 10th at 1 pm 色花堂app鈥檚 College of Business will host an economic forum for the public and small businesses titled: Rebooting the Economy after COVID.  The keynote speaker at the virtual forum will be Tom Kealey, the director of the Idaho Department of Commerce. 

 According to Dr. Dan Cravens, Director of Bengal Solutions Consulting, at 色花堂app鈥檚 College of Business, 鈥淭he forum is being provided for several reasons, one of them is to share with businesses the different resources which are available to them to help during the COVID crisis.  Also, we hope to give the public and businesses an idea of what Idaho鈥檚 economy may look like in the coming months鈥�.  Cravens who is moderating the forum added, 鈥淣ot all the economic news is bad by any means, a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that 2.5 million jobs were added nationally.  However, many people and businesses are still suffering due to the current health situation.鈥�

 A panel of experts is participating in the forum.  Panelists will include:  Tom Kealey, director of the Idaho Department of Commerce, Dr. Neil Tocher, chair of and professor of 色花堂app鈥檚 Department of Management and Marketing, Amy R. Lientz, Director of Supply Chain for the Idaho National Laboratory, John Regetz, CEO of Bannock Development, Teresa McKinight CEO of the Regional Economic Development Corporation for Eastern Idaho, Karl Geisler Assistant Professor of Economics 色花堂app, and Ann Swanson, regional director for the Small Business Development Center at 色花堂app.

The forum will be fast-paced and is expected to last about an hour.  The public is welcome to attend and ask questions of the panelists.  To participate in the forum the public, log on through. Those wishing to participate by phone may do so by calling: (253) 215 8782 and then dialing in the meeting id number: 997 8963 7562.