Macroeconomic + Consumer
8:10 am - 8:40 am MT  

Kicking off the 2024 Foodservice Forum, CRC's Director of Macro, Skylar Xie, will unpack the latest insights on the U.S. economy and how that is impacting the consumer today and our expectations for the rest of the year. She will outline the key opportunities and watch-outs for senior leaders to consider at a high-level for their business.

Speaker 

Skylar Xie, CFA
Director, Macro Research
Cleveland Research Company

Skylar is the Director of Macro Research at Cleveland Research Company. She was one of the founders of CRC’s macro research, connecting the dots between CRC’s bottoms-up channel research and top-down economic data.

Skylar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Beijing Jiaotong University in Beijing, China. She also holds a Master of Science in Finance and graduated with Dean’s Academic Reward from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In May 2021, Skylar received her MBA from the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia, PA and is a CFA® charterholder. 

www.clevelandresearch.com