The host and moderator for the Arkansas Economist is Dr. Michael R. Pakko, Chief Economist and State Economic Forecaster at the Institute for Economic Advancement at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  Pakko received his B.A. from Michigan State University in 1984 and a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1994.

From 1993 until 2009, Dr. Pakko was a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where he published research on a variety of topics, including international trade, economic growth, macroeconomics, and public policy.  During his time in St. Louis, Pakko also held occasional positions as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University’s Cook School of Business, and as Research Fellow at the Show-Me Institute—a public policy think tank. 

Before moving to Arkansas, Dr. Pakko served from 2006 until 2009 as the “Little Rock Zone Expert” for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, monitoring and reporting on economic conditions in the state of Arkansas.

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