ESI Blog: Present Value
Present Value was created as a platform for sharing ideas, discussing our interests and improving connections with our community. Each week, we invite guest contributors from the ranks of our senior advisors, industry experts, and thought leaders.
This will be our last post of 2016, as such we wanted to reflect upon the topics we have covered on Present Value this past year and share with our wonderful readers our Top 10 posts of the year. It has been a great year with many compelling contributions from Principals, Senior Advisors, Directors, Analysts […]
Look No Further than May 2017 The 2016 Presidential Election is little more than a month removed, and many Philadelphians are feeling newly engaged in politics with an eye towards the 2018 and 2020 elections. Well, did you know that residents have an important election in just five months? A Municipal Primary will be held […]
Econsult Solutions must once again say goodbye to a highly talented intern. Nehel Shahid (Bryn Mawr College class of ’18) has been providing research support to our Principals, Directors, and Analysts while gaining hands on experience about economics and economic consulting. Her tenure has come to an end, but before she returns to school full-time, we […]
With a new month comes updates to the Philadelphia Housing Index. We have now released the index through September, and Philadelphia continued its year of strong price growth. The normalized price of housing in Philadelphia in September stood at $106,000; this represents the price for a house with the average physical traits—age, square footage, lot […]
Thanksgiving is fast approaching and with it kicks off Holiday Season. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, partners and friends. We sincerely value your support and confidence in us. On behalf of all of us at Econsult Solutions, we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. We hear a little light […]
Recently, the CDA team got the opportunity to present at two American Planning Association (APA) Chapter conferences on fiscal impact analysis and data needs in forecasting development impacts. During and after our sessions we received a lot questions focused on the technical nature regarding demographic multipliers, data sources, applications, and statistical issues. While I have touched on this […]
We are now a week removed from the 2016 Presidential election, with an outcome that surprised a lot of poll watchers (though perhaps we should have been less surprised). Much of the pre-election talk was about Pennsylvania as a swing state, and Philadelphia specifically, as the democratic bastion that could carry the state. Well, how […]
On October 18, 2016, along with ESI Senior Advisor Steven Nelson and Senior Vice President and Principal Dr. Peter Angelides, I led a continuing professional education session with over fifty Pennsylvania planners and local officials in Allentown at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association. Together we offered new […]
Tuscany is renowned for its history and beauty. Florence and Siena trace their roots to 200BC and 400BC respectively, yet both cities have adapted to the modern world which includes significant hordes of tourists descending on them to experience their history and culture and to enjoy local cuisine. With basic historic city road structure established […]
Econsult Solutions, Inc. and Roubini ThoughtLab are proud to unveil the Wealth and Asset Management 2021: Preparing for Transformative Change infographic. This new visualization which was initially disseminated during the Wealth Management #CiscoChat, gives a brief overview of the technological, economic, and demographic shifts the wealth management industry faces. Noted participants included Dr. Nouriel Roubini, […]