Join us for AWPA Breakfast at Interwire 2025!
Tuesday, May 14, 2025
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
Who should attend?
This breakfast would be beneficial for:
- AWPA members.
- Companies that draw steel wire in North America.
- Companies that sell wire rod to the North American market.
- Companies that supply equipment, materials, or services to the US steel wire drawing industry.
- Anyone interested in the AWPA and what it does.
We welcome anyone who may be a prospective member - please contact Heather Outhuse for complimentary registration.
Economic and Labor Market Update – A Shift in Momentum
The US macro economy is firmly on the back side of the business cycle while several industrial sectors are traversing a mild recession. Aggressive interest rate policy decisions by the Fed mostly stamped out inflation, but they also stifled capital investment. Despite a resilient labor market, cracks are visible in the armor of US consumers, with delinquency rates for credit cards and auto loans flashing warning signs. On top of it all, it’s a presidential election year, which adds its own flavor of uncertainty.
What does all this mean for the wire industry? This presentation will deliver practical and actionable advice designed to help business leaders and key decision makers plan for future economic conditions and continuously improve their organization’s strategic planning initiatives.
Walk away from the session with the following insights:
- The latest information on time-sensitive economic events of concern such as inflation, interest rates, labor market conditions, consumer spending, business investment, and industrial activity.
- Concrete advice on how to navigate the current macroeconomic climate and plan for the future.
- Tools that leadership at your company can use to become better data-driven decision makers in running your business.
Our speaker:
Alex Chausovsky, Director of Analytics & Consulting at The Bundy Group, is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than twenty years of expertise across subjects including economics, industrial manufacturing, automation, talent and workforce issues, and advanced technology trends.
For the last two decades, he has consulted and advised companies throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and his insights and analysis have been featured on NPR, the BBC, and in the Wall Street Journal.