2021 Beaufort Regional Economic Forecast

Bringing our region’s economic future into focus.

The fog of uncertainty created by the pandemic is beginning to lift, but answers to big questions about job growth, consumer demand, financial markets and more remain hazy. The Chamber’s Economic Forecast will help bring our region’s economic future into focus.

At this live, electronic teleconference, Joey Von Nessen, research economist at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business, will unpack the data and explain national and global economic trends. He will also forecast key sectors driving South Carolina and the Beaufort region including housing, hospitality and manufacturing.

We will also highlight local bright spots every business leader in the region should celebrate and present the Chamber’s new Regional Prosperity Dashboard. Jumpstart your business planning for the post-pandemic resurgence at the Beaufort Chamber’s Economic Forecast.

About the Keynote Speaker

Joseph C. Von Nessen is a research economist at the Darla Moore School of Business where he specializes in regional economics, regional economic forecasting and housing economics. He regularly conducts a wide variety of economic impact analysis, feasibility studies and independent market research projects for clients in both the private and public sector. 

Von Nessen engages in industry-level and regional economic forecasting for organizations at the state, national and international level. He has served as lead researcher on projects with clients as diverse as Sonoco, BlueCross BlueShield, Michelin. Boeing and the Savannah River National Lab, among others. 

Von Nessen is also responsible for the preparation and presentation of the University of South Carolina's annual statewide economic forecast. He serves on the advisory committee for the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors and is regularly invited to brief Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on economic conditions in South Carolina.