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Eggs & Issues: Ken Entenmann

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Eggs & Issues: Ken Entenmann

We’re at Eggs & Issues.  Matt speaks with Ken Entenmann Senior VP, CIO, and Chief Economist NBT Wealth Management

Eggs & Issues: 2025 Economic Outlook: Navigating Change”

Ken Entenmann, Senior VP, CIO, and Chief Economist from NBT Wealth Management will provide us with an outlook on what the new year and new administration in Washington have in store for our economy

Business leaders looking to stay ahead of the curve will find Ken’s insights valuable as they prepare for uncertainty and opportunity in the new year.

Topics:

  • Overview of how macro economy is doing well (GDP, Labor Markets, Consumer Spending, Service sector), however, areas of economic discontent still exist (housing, manufacturing, small business.) A discussion around small business optimism
  • Housing
  • Inflation, including potential issues such as debt and deficits, commodity prices, energy demand
  • Expectations for new administration – Taxes, Regulation/Reform
  • Expectations for Interest Rates – Managing expectations for lower interest rates
  • Artificial Intelligence

 Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with Ken as he shares his personalized insights in real time

Local Headlines

5 hours ago in Local

Portland City Survey Shows Dissatisfaction with Affordability, Traffic Flow

The survey will help city staff understand community needs and provide guidance in decision-making.

6 hours ago in Local

Portland Police Investigating Possible Arson After Suspect Uses Bedsheets to Escape

Officers say crews located and extinguished a fire on a third-floor unit at 72 Bishop Street.

6 hours ago in Local

Brunswick Police Officer Charged with Assault

The officer was charged Monday in West Bath District Court.

National Headlines

8 hours ago in National, Trending

Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial government shutdown affecting airport security screeners dragged into a second month.

3 days ago in National, Trending

US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern Great Lakes states. And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash has already hit much of the East.

4 days ago in National

Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.

4 days ago in National

Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official says

A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.