Old Dominion University Economist Bob M. McNab joined us to discuss the economic ties between the Greater Outer Banks and the Hampton Roads areas, the prospects of recession looming some time in the future, how the military support and visitor economies can help the region weather economic storms, the prospects on the jobs and housing markets, and the recent developments in the banking industry.
McNab is Chair of the Department of Economics and Director of the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy and in the Strome College of Business at ODU in Norfolk.
He is a member of the Joint Advisory Board of Economists for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Survey of Professional Forecasters and is an Associate Editor with the Journal of Economic Surveys. Professor McNab has published in Applied Economics, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Defense and Peace Economics, National Tax Journal, Public Budgeting and Finance, and World Development, among others.
He edits the annual State of the Region: Hampton Roads and State of the Commonwealth reports Professor McNab has appeared in the Associated Press, China Global Television Network, CNN, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginian Pilot, and Daily Press, among others.
Dr. McNab joined the faculty of the Department of Economics in the Strome College of Business of Old Dominion University in July 2016 and previously was a member of the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California from 2000 to 2016.