COVID-19 concerns affect Montana's Economic Outlook Seminar

The Bureau of Business and Economic Research held its 45th Annual Economic Outlook Seminar over the internet instead of in Havre Tuesday due to concerns about COVID-19, which was a major theme of the event.

Most of the speakers in the seminar, the seventh in its nine-presentation schedule and the first held remotely, addressed the coronavirus issue.

Over the five-hour seminar, economists from BBER presented outlooks on the economies of the country and Montana, but many said COVID-19 has made many of their projections outdated, if not irrelevant.

The theme of this year’s seminar was “...