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Statistics...Telling the Economic Story
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Session 8: Regional Economies: Housing Data
John E. Kleinhenz, Kleinhenz and Associates, moderator
Data Producer:
Howard Savage, Census Bureau
Case Studies:
David Berson, Fannie Mae, “Using the Data to Determine Housing Bubbles” Handout (PDF 17 K)
Michael Carliner, National Association of Home Builders Slide Show (PDF 162 K)
Handout 1, 2, 3, 4 (all pdfs, none greater than 200 K)
John Kleinhenz
Kleinhenz and Associates
Jack Kleinhenz, PhD, is CEO of Kleinhenz & Associates, a business and economic consulting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm specializes in industry studies, regional economics, labor market issues strategic planning and business plan development.
Jack has over 20 years of broad-based experience working with a variety of firms including fortune 500 companies. He is known for translating economics and information into clear explanations and action. Jack speaks on business and regional economic issues and regularly called upon for his expertise by the local and national media. Formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Jack recently served as chief economist and consultant to the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, the nation’s largest chamber of commerce. He teaches economics as a faculty member of CASE’s Weatherhead School of Management and serves as senior regional economist for the Center for Regional Economics Issues.
A graduate of John Carroll University, Jack earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. He has completed post-graduate programs at Weatherhead School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University. In 1995, Jack was named one of John Carroll University’s Top 50 School of Business Graduates. Previous faculty appointments include the University of Notre Dame and John Carroll University.
Jack is a member of the Governor of Ohio’s Council of Economic Advisors, board member of Notre Dame College, a corporate director for Beverage Distributors, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio and a former board member of the National Association for Business Economists (NABE). He is chairman of NABE’s educational foundation and a member of NABE’s statistics committee that meets regularly with federal policymakers and statistical agencies. A contributing economic forecaster to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Outlook Panel he was recognized for forecasting excellence in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. His 2003 US economic forecast received the most awards at the December 2003 Fed of Chicago’s Symposium. Contact Jack at 216 321-9522 or jekleinhenz@prodigy.net
Howard Savage
Supervisory Economist
Census Bureau
Howard Savage is a Supervisory Economist at the US Department of Commerce. He received a BA from Oklahoma City University, an MAS from The Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has earned a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the George Washington University. He has taught at the University of Oklahoma, Hood College, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. His background includes work in the private sector as an owner of a mortgage banking company, a portfolio manager in an investment firm, a certified financial planner and registered general securities principal in an investment firm, and extensive financial consulting with over 300 growing firms in the Mid-Atlantic area and Latin America. He has also done real estate and financial research for the Governor’s Office of the State of Texas, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Scottish Office (Great Britain). His current work with the US Department of Commerce involves analyis of mortgages, residential mortgage markets, and financial analysis of multifamily properties.
David Berson
Vice President and Chief Economist
Fannie Mae
David W. Berson is Fannie Mae's Vice President and Chief Economist. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing the Economics Department; forecasting and analyzing the economy, interest rates, and the housing and mortgage finance markets; as well as advising Fannie Mae's Chairman and Senior Management Team on finance, economic, tax, and housing policy issues. He is also a senior participant in the company's strategic planning process.
Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Dr. Berson was Senior Economist at the U.S. League of Savings Institutions, Chief Financial Economist at Wharton Econometrics, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and Assistant Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate School. He has also been an instructor in the Business School at the University of Michigan and in the Economics Department at Villanova University. His government experience has included Staff Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers, as well as positions in the Office of Tax Analysis at the Treasury Department and in the Office of the Special Trade Representative.
Dr. Berson is a past-President of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), was a long-time member of NABE's Board of Directors, and has been on the Board of Governors of the National Economists Club. He is a member of the advisory board for the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the Economics Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the Business School at Howard University.
Michael S. Carliner
Staff Vice President, Economics
National Association of Home Builders
MICHAEL CARLINER is the Staff Vice President for Economics at the National Association of Home Builders, responsible for economic analysis and forecasting. He has done extensive research into the dynamics of national and regional housing markets and conducted studies of related subjects such as demographic trends, consumer preferences, use of building materials, structure of the home building industry, and housing finance. Prior to joining NAHB in 1984, Mr. Carliner was Director of Regional Real Estate and Construction Economics at Chase Econometrics. He has also served as Vice President of Regional Data Associates and Senior Economist at Dynamics Associates. Mr. Carliner studied Economics and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Research Fellow.
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