For more than 50 years, economists, analysts, business leaders and policymakers have congregated at the NABE Annual Meeting to discuss the outlook for the U.S. and global economies and probe the issues and trends that impact economic prosperity in both the near term and long term.

The conference, themed “From Crisis Management to Long-Term Renewal,” will focus on how best to address immediate policy challenges - sluggish economic growth, high unemployment, and spiraling deficits - in the context of the nation’s enduring obligations to tackle fiscal imbalances,...