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UPCOMING EVENTS
John E. Silvia, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Venue : Stamford American Auditorium (AmCham Office, 1 Scotts Rd, #23-03 Shaw Centre)
Date : October 18, 2016
Time : 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Price : $25.00
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Description
Join us for a special session with John E. Silvia, Managing Director and Chief Economist from Wells Fargo who will discuss recent developments in the U.S. economy including the labor market, inflation, corporate profits, monetary policy and the interest rate outlook. In addition, John will be sharing on recent developments in the international economy regarding exchange rates, interest rates, international trade and global growth.”
About the Speaker:
John E. Silvia
Managing Director and Chief Economist
Wells Fargo
John Silvia is managing director and the
chief economist for Wells Fargo. Based
in Charlotte, N.C., he has held his position since he joined Wachovia, a Wells
Fargo predecessor, in 2002 as the company’s chief economist.
Prior to his current position, John worked on
Capitol Hill as senior economist for the U.S. Senate Joint Economic Committee
and chief economist for the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Committee. Before that, he was chief economist of Kemper Funds and managing
director of Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
John served as the president of the National
Association for Business Economics (NABE) in 2015 and was awarded a NABE Fellow
Certificate of Recognition in 2011 for Outstanding Contributions to the
Business Economics Profession and Leadership among Business Economists to the
Nation. For the second time in three years, he was awarded the best overall
forecast by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, as well as the best unemployment
rate forecast for 2011. John is on the Bloomberg Best Forecast list for his
forecasts of GDP, the ISM manufacturing index, housing starts, and the
unemployment rate.
John holds B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics
from Northeastern University in Boston and has a master’s degree in economics
from Brown University. John’s first book, Dynamic Economic Decision Making, was
published by Wiley in August 2011. His second book, Economic & Business Forecasting,
was published in 2014, also by Wiley. John is a Certified Business Economist
(CBE).
John serves as a member of the Blue Chip
Panel of Economic Forecasters and also serves on an informal advisory group for
the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He served as chair for the Economic
Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
(SIFMA) Economic Advisory Roundtable. John also serves on the finance committee
for the Mint Museum in Charlotte, and is a regular lecturer to the Cornell Food
Executive Program. John is past
president of the Charlotte Economics Club. He has also served on economic
advisory committees to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Public Securities
Association.
A strong supporter of education and civic affairs,
John serves as a member of the Business Advisory Council at the Walker College
of Business at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and on the
President’s Council for Charlotte’s Central Piedmont Community College. He has
previously served as a board member of the British American Business Council of
North Carolina, and on the Economic Development Board for the State of North
Carolina, a special appointment by the Governor. He has also served on the Business
Advisory Committee for the City of Charlotte.