[2] NABE was holding its annual conference at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel during the 9/11 attacks.
[3][4] The association's membership is divided into subject-oriented subdivisions or round tables, including: financial, health economics, international, manufacturing, real estate/construction, regional/utility, small business/entrepreneurship, technology, and transfer pricing.
[14] The journal serves as an essential resource and provides practical information for people who apply economics in the workplace.
Recipients of the award include former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, in 2014; CEO and president of TIAA-CREF Roger Ferguson, in 2013; vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Janet Yellen, in 2010;[16] former director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers in 2009, chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis William Poole, in 2006; Princeton University economics professor Paul Krugman, in 1995; and Chicago School economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics Milton Friedman in 1989.
[17] Each March, NABE presents the Paul A. Volcker Award[18] to a senior policymaker recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of economic and monetary policy in his or her career.