12 Worcester Business Journal | January 26, 2026 | wbjournal.com
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February 26, 2026
7:30AM to 11:30AM • AC Hotel, Worcester
Cost: $45. Pre-registration required.
Join us for this annual breakfast
forum for an in-depth look at
today's economic landscape
and what lies ahead. Hear
timely insights and practical
forecasts on the future of our
national and regional economy,
along with perspectives from
a panel of local CEOs on the
trends shaping their business
environment, along with a
panel exploring the region's real
estate landscape.
KEYNOTE ECONOMIST
Shruti Mishra
US Economist, Bank of America
Shruti Mishra is a US Economist at Bank of
America. Her primary focus is on analyzing the
labor market and the GDP outlook. In addition
to that, she also looks at the US consumer
and contributes to the widely-read "BofA on USA" card data report, as
well as other thematic research on the real economy. Her comments
on the economy regularly appear in CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Yahoo
Finance and Financial Times. Mishra has a Ph.D. in economics from
Columbia University with a specialization in macroeconomics and
finance and has worked at the IMF during her PhD.
