From left, Greg Filbeck, professor of finance, poses with members of Penn State Behrend's CFA Research Challenge team: Samantha Chiprean, Kelsey Schupp, Eric Frei, Ricky Grullon, advisor Josh Armstrong and Drew Barko.
Ken Louie, associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie, tracks movement in the local economy. He saw signs of it slowing in late 2015.