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Encyclopedia > The Conference Board

The Conference Board is a non-profit business organization comprised of business executives in the United States that hosts conferences, conducts research, and produces a number of economic statistics, including the Consumer Confidence Index, CEO Confidence index, the help wanted index, and indexes of leading indicators, coincident indicators, and lagging indicators. A similar but separate organization exists in Canada, Conference Board of Canada. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... Business organizations is an area of law that covers the broad array of rules governing the formation and operation of different kinds of entities by which individuals can organize to do business. ... The Conference Board of Canada is a not-for-profit Canadian organization dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues. ...


The organization was founded in 1916. 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...


Gail Fosler is the current Chief Economist of the Conference Board. Gail D. Fosler is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board (research and business membership organization). ...


External links

  • The Conference Board of the United States website
  • The Conference Board of Canada website

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