Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era

About the Authors

JOHN E. SILVIA

John Silvia is managing director and the chief economist for Wells Fargo. 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 was formerly president and a director of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) and was former president of the Charlotte Economics Club. He has also served on economic advisory committees for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Public Securities Association.

John 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 has been awarded the Adolph Abramson award for the best article in economics published in Business Economics for a given year. John holds BA and PhD degrees in economics from Northeastern University in Boston and has a master's degree in economics from Brown University. John's book Dynamic Economic Decision Making was published by Wiley in August 2011. John's co-authored ...