Supply chain, inflation impact on Thanksgiving, Black Friday: IU experts can comment

Ryan M. Brewer is an associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus. He is the co-author of the Kelley School’s economic forecast for the state of Indiana for 2023.

R. Andrew Butters is an assistant professor in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the IU Kelley School of Business. Before joining Kelley, he was an associate economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Kyle Cattani is a professor of operations management and the chair of the Full-Time MBA Program in the Kelley School of Business at IU Bloomington. He researches managing operations in the presence of uncertainty, managing product end-of-life and mass customization. 

Tin-Chun Lin is a professor of economics at Indiana University Northwest. He is currently working with Subir Bandyopadhyay to create an annual Business Confidence Index for Northwest Indiana that provides information for local business leaders. His research focuses on economic behavior, consumer economics, economics of education and economic education. 

Phil Powell is a clinical associate professor of business economics and public policy and a Daniel C. Smith Faculty Fellow at the IU Kelley School of Business in Bloomington. He is also the academic director of the Indiana Business Research Center and an associate editor for Business Horizons, the Kelley School’s academic journal for managers and practitioners.

D. Eric Schansberg is a professor of economics at IU Southeast in New Albany. He is an expert in labor economics, and his research focuses on applied microeconomics and public choice economics. 

John Talbott is director of the Center for Education and Research in Retail and a senior lecturer at the IU Kelley School of Business. Before coming to IU, he was a chief executive with extensive experience in retail. He can comment on the holiday shopping season and retail expectations.

Vidhura S. Tennekoon is an assistant professor of economics at IU Indianapolis. Before joining IU in 2014, he worked at the Department of Economics of the University of Oklahoma and Eastern Washington University. He also has professional experience as a central banker.

Hong Zhuang is a professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics.