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CE 2025 Symposium Agenda

2025 Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) Microdata Users’ Symposium, July 17

All symposium presentations will be available.

Microsoft Teams information will be provided by email to registrants.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

(Online access to event opens at 9:00 a.m.)

9:30–12:00 p.m. Morning Meeting: Research Presentation Session I

  • 9:30–10:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview of the CE – Geoffrey Paulin, PhD (Senior Economist with BLS)
  • 10:00–10:30 a.m. Who Pays for Childcare? Social Norms, Household Spending, and the Child and Dependent Care Credit - Danyang Zhang (The University of Akron, presenter), Timothy Bond (Purdue University)
  • 10:30–11:00 a.m. An Exploratory Study of Household Alcohol Consumption from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey with a Focus on Market Conditions and Regulatory Structures - Mayya Makarycheva, PhD (Industry Professional)
  • 11:00–11:30 a.m. The Ins and Outs of Recreational Spending in the United States - Jonathan Peters (The City University of New York, presenter), David King (Arizona State University), Mark Stroud (The College of Staten Island)
  • 11:30–12:00 p.m. Discussion/Q&A

12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00–3:00 p.m. Afternoon Meeting: Research Presentation Session II

  • 1:00–1:30 p.m. The Road to Clarity: Where Consumption, Expenditures, and Outlays Part Ways - Jake Schild (Former BLS Research Economist)
  • 1:30–2:00 p.m. Storytelling with FRED® Graphs: CE Data at Your Fingertips - Diego Mendez-Carbajo (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
  • 2:00–2:30 p.m. Discussion/Q&A
  • 2:30–3:00 p.m. Sneak Peek: CE Now and into the Future – Brett Creech (Supervisory Economist with BLS)
  • 3:00 p.m. Closing announcements, including information on the 2027 workshop

Last modified date: July 16, 2025