Moody Business News: August 2020

Each month, we will share news and accomplishments of Moody College of Business faculty, staff, and students.

August 2020

Research, Innovation, and Publications

• Gary A. Wagner released the Louisiana Economic Activity Forecast 2020:Q3. The report was featured by:
  • New Orleans City Business "UL-Lafayette economist predicts slow growth in second half of year"
  • The Advocate "Economist: Total jobs lost in Louisiana due to coronavirus now nearly double total lost from Katrina" 
  • The Daily Advertiser "Louisiana's economic recovery is underway, but still have a long way to go" 
  • The Center Square "Quick hits: Louisiana news briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 19" 
  • The Baptist Message "Louisiana job losses due to COVID-19 double those lost after Katrina"
  • Fox News 15 "COVID 19's impact on Louisiana for job loss has nearly doubled Katrina's impact" 
  • The Daily Mail (UK) “Total job loss in Louisiana amid COVID-19 is nearly DOUBLE what occurred in wake of Hurricane Katrina - as more than 800,000 people filed new unemployment claims since mid-March”
  • The Advocate "Our Views: Our job loss is now double that post-Katrina, and lack of action in Congress hurts"
• Ignatius Cahyanto had the following articles accepted for publication:
  • “Adapting Photovoice with ESRI Survey123 for Tourism Disaster Research in Banten, Indonesia” in Current Issues in Tourism. This is an A journal in the ABDC list.
  • “Exploring resilience: use of indicators to measure threshold conditions in tourism destinations” in Tourism Analysis. This is an A journal in the ABDC list.
• Mary Luquette had articles published by The Daily Advertiser:
  • "Financial trends that can make you broke"
  • "Make your bank your new best friend"
• Stephen Barnes was included in the following news:
  • The Center Square "Louisiana begins borrowing process to replenish unemployment fund; higher business taxes on deck" 
  • American Press "Lake Charles second in state’s job losses"
  • The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report "Economist to Louisiana task force: Downturn to last longer than thought"
  • KALB News "LA’s unemployment trust fund running out of money; governor says jobs are available"
  • The Advocate "Louisiana first-time unemployment claims drop as continued claims plateau at more than 300,000"
  • The Advocate "First time unemployment claims drop, but continuing claims rise statewide"