Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting discusses how the insurance industry will fare under different economic conditions according to an economotric model by Data Resources - DRI. The session also reviews how to incorporate inflation into actuarial calculations and the prospects and possiblities regarding inflation. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion is about the national retirement income policy. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: This session is about the methods of projecting long-run stock returns using inflation rates from bond yield curves with incremental returns for risk taking based on historical data and the relationship between concurrent, expected and unexpected inflation rates and the rates of return on common stocks and U.S. government bonds and notes. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 5, No. 4.

Description: This presentation is a section meeting from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The guest speaker discusses prospective returns on financial assets, noting that the past, particularly the 1980s, is in many respects irrelevant in making projections of future returns, noting the decade of the 1980s was a nonrecurring and unsustainable period. He provides his thoughts in terms of projected real economic growth, projected inflation, projected real interest rates, and using that data makes projections of returns from a variety of financial assets. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: Noted speaker, author and political analyst discusses the cultures of Russia, China, and Japan, and how their cultures compare with ours from an economics perspective. Also discusses what we need to do as Americans for our economic future. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA New York City Meeting covers the post-election economy, interest rates, inflation and the deficit. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 3

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the fiscal irresponsibility of the US government and the burgeoning national debt which will have to be paid for by our descendants. Speaker participates in the Grace Commission which is fighting government waste.

Description: This keynote address at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting is about how the changing international environment affects our economy.

Description: This is a discussion of indexed coverages for individual contracts. It covers such topics as the history of indexed coverage in the U.S. and Canada and other countries and the possibilities for the ideal fully-indexed permanent life insurance and disability income plans.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The discussion focuses on the economic outlook in 1976.