Presentation Learning Objectives

To obtain an understanding of recent developments in our National and Local Economy

Presentation Outline

National Economy

• Employment
• Housing
• Economic Policy
• Stimulus

Outlook for San Diego

• Employment
• Economic
• Real Estate Outlook
• Housing
• Office Vacancy

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Topic Documents, PowerPoints, Etc.

Presentation By Alan Gin PhD in Economics, Faculty at USD

Alan Gin, PhD, is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Diego. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, and his Master's of Arts and Ph.D. degrees, both in Economics, from the University of California at Santa Barbara. His work experience includes stints with the Community Development Department of the County of Fresno and the Public Works Department of the City of Oxnard.

Professor Gin is one of the affiliated faculty members of the University of San Diego's Real Estate Institute. His other research interests include local public finance, urban transportation, and the economy of San Diego. On the latter subject, he is best known for developing and publishing the University San Diego Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County, a monthly report on the outlook for the local economy. Professor Gin's insights on the local economy have made him a popular source for interviews, and he has given nearly 800 interviews to local and national media sources. He has been quoted in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Daily Transcript, the San Diego Business Journal, and other publications. He has also been interviewed on KPBS, KFMB, KOGO, KSDO, and KCEO radio, and has made appearances on KFMB, KGTV, KNSD, KUSI, KSWB, and XETV television. For his work on forecasting the local economy, he has been named to the San Diego Business Journal's "Who's Who"; list.

In addition to studying the local economy, Professor Gin also has an interest in the business environment of Asia in general and of greater China in particular. At one point, he served as the Director of Communications for the John M. Ahlers Center for International Business at the University of San Diego. He taught in the University's Summer Study Abroad Programs in Hong Kong and Beijing/Shanghai, and has traveled extensively in the region.

In March 1997, he married Ms. Theresa Leung, a Cathay Pacific Airlines flight attendant who is from Hong Kong. The couple have a daughter, Alesa, who was born in February 1998, and who has already flown over 100,000 miles in her young life. They also have a son, Mark, who was born in August 2002 and who has already a made a trans-Pacific trip.