Accounting for Inflation: Using the Producer Price Index - Part 2

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Date:  October 12, 2022 
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET (10:00 - 12:00 a.m. PT)
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Who Should Attend:  Who Should Attend:  Government, military, industry, and academia

Speaker: Ms. Laura Hodges, Vice President, Pricing and Purchasing, IHS Markit

Description:  During this 90-minute session, experts from S&P Global (formerly IHS Markit) will discuss the following topics:

How to determine the composition of producer price indexes. When and how to use producer price indexes for service categories.  Accuracy of S&P Global forecasts

Speaker Bio:  Ms. Hodges is responsible for the management and operations of the Pricing and Purchasing Research team. Ms. Hodges has managed several projects on global cost analysis, including projects in Asia and South America, where the objective was to recommend the most cost-effective and efficient action in the procurement of key materials and services.  

Ms. Laura Hodges holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the George Washington University, U.S., and a Master of Arts in Health and Labor Economics from Duke University, U.S. She also earned an MBA from Rutgers University, Beijing, China.