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[naviga:h3]Glade Run CEO recognized[/naviga:h3]
Glade Run's Green recognized as Outstanding CEO
Steven Green of Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople has been recognized as a Fox Rothschild Outstanding CEO for his achievements at Glade Run and in the community.
The designation honors Western Pennsylvania's leading business executives.
Winners include CEOs, company presidents and other top officers at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations in the Pittsburgh region.
Green was judged on his role as a nonprofit business leader, and chosen for the honor of having demonstrated vital leadership and customer service philosophy, outstanding employee relationships, contributions to the community and evidence he has shaped and guided Glade Run's successful services, according to a Glade Run news release.
He has been Glade Run's CEO for one-and-a-half years.
Green will be recognized at an April 16 event in Pittsburgh.
[naviga:h3]Survey: Business economists say Fed rate policy on mark[/naviga:h3]
WASHINGTON — Nearly two-thirds of U.S. business economists say the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy is “about right,” a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump's attacks on the Fed for not cutting rates more aggressively.
A survey by the National Association for Business Economics found that just 4 percent of economists consider the Fed's policies to be “too restrictive” — that is, that its benchmark short-term rate should be lower. Trump has repeatedly tweeted that the Fed should cut rates to zero or even into negative territory.
One-third say short-term rates are “too stimulative” meaning they feel that rates are too low.
Last year at this time, the NABE noted, three-quarters of business economists thought the Fed was on the right track even though its benchmark rate was higher.
The economists' views contrast with Trump, who has accused the Fed of weakening the U.S. economy and has referred to Fed officials as “boneheads.”
[naviga:h3]U.S. consumption of seafood climbs to 11-year high[/naviga:h3]
Americans' consumption of seafood has risen to its highest point in more than a decade.
People in the U.S. averaged 16.1 pounds of seafood in 2018, an increase of a tenth of a pound from 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. The increase brought seafood consumption to its highest point since 2007, the agency said.
The higher consumption of seafood is still well below the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend two 4-ounce servings per week. That adds up to about 26 pounds per year.
