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URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2026-economic-forecast-featuring-u
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SUMMARY:2026 Economic Forecast featuring UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School o
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 custom_heading text="Join us for our signature annual event\, as our focus
  is on the 2026 economy to help with budgeting\, finance and investment de
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 g the UCI Paul Merage School of Business is presented by the Newport Beach
  Chamber of Commerce and is an annual event that attracts hundreds of Oran
 ge County business leaders\, media and government officials and promises t
 o deliver a powerful program presented by a true expert.\nLunch and Valet 
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 n 	Faculty Director\, The Todd &amp\; Lisa Halbrook Center for Investment 
 &amp\; Wealth Management\n 	Professor\, Finance\, UC Irvine’s Paul Merag
 e School of Business\n\nChristopher Schwarz is a Professor of Finance at U
 C Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Directo
 r for the Todd &amp\; Lisa Halbrook Center for Investment and Wealth Manag
 ement. During his time at UCI\, he has been published in all leading acade
 mic and practitioner finance journals. His research has also been cited by
  the New York Times\, LA Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and the Financial T
 imes and provided a number of economic forecasts in the community. Prior t
 o arriving at UCI\, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of 
 Massachusetts Amherst\, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fello
 w at Yale University’s International Center of Finance. He received his 
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