CHAPEL HILL, NC (March 4, 2025) – Americans are worrying more about the economy and inflation, survey data shows, although the hard data has generally held up, beyond some worrying signs on the inflation front. 

But important swings in emotions that influence financial decision-making, known as animal spirits, will ultimately show up in the hard data, such as hiring and spending trends, making Friday’s employment report especially important. Kenan Institute Chief Economist Gerald Cohen will evaluate new numbers, fresh tariffs and the continuing effects of policy uncertainty on the economy during the institute’s monthly virtual briefing at 9 AM EST Friday, March 7.

Experts from the institute will appear on the briefing each month and offer commentary in their areas of specialization. Briefings generally occur on the morning that the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its employment report.

You’re invited to join via Zoom and welcome to submit any questions you would like to be addressed to External Affairs Assistant Director Rob Knapp. 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. 
When: March 7, 2025, 9 AM EST (US and Canada)
Economic Briefing: A Hard Look at the Hard Data

Please click the link below to register for the webinar: 
https://kenan-flagler.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-_kHDb15TzWzYazLR9SK3Q

About the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise develops and promotes innovative, market-based solutions to vital economic issues.  With the belief that private enterprise is the cornerstone of a prosperous and free society, the institute fosters the entrepreneurial spirit to stimulate economic prosperity and improve the lives of people in North Carolina, across the country and around the world. Learn more at kenaninstitute.unc.edu. 

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