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7- Regional Economics – Evaluating growth and impact analysis
Presentations
Keith Phillips slideshow
Michael Chriszt slideshow
Charles Steindel slideshow
Speakers
Jack Kleinhenz
Kleinhenz and Associates
Jack Kleinhenz. Ph.D. is CEO of Kleinhenz & Associates and is Regional Economist and Lecturer at Weatherhead School of Management. Kleinhenz & Associates, Inc., a business and economic consulting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio, specializes in industry studies, regional economics, labor market issues strategic planning and business plan development.
Jack has over 25 years of broad-based experience working with Fortune 500 companies, financial service companies, regulators, planners, universities, airports, manufacturers, chambers of commerce, trade associations, non-profit organizations and state and local government agencies. 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.
A graduate of John Carroll University, Jack earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. 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 and the Northeast Ohio Council of Economic Policy Advisors, trustee of Notre Dame College, and a corporate director for Beverage Distributors, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio. A former board member of National Association for Business Economists (NABE), he currently chairs NABE’s education foundation and serves as a member of NABE’s statistics committee that meets regularly with federal policymakers and statistical agencies. Jack is also a contributing economic forecaster to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Outlook Panel and the NABE outlook and policy survey. Contact Jack at 216 321-9522 or jack@kleinhenzassociates.com
Keith Phillips
Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch
Dr. Phillips joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in January 1984. His areas of concentration include regional economics and economic forecasting. Dr. Phillips developed business cycle indexes for Texas and its major metro areas, which he uses to analyze business conditions in those regions. He is a contributing member of the Western Blue Chip Economic Forecasting Group, where he has been the most accurate Texas forecaster for eight out of the past thirteen years. His research and analysis have been covered in media such as CNN, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, USA Today, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, MSNBC and in media throughout Texas.
In August, 1996, Dr. Phillips was transferred to the San Antonio branch in an effort to improve the regional economic coverage of the Dallas office and to better serve the needs of the South Texas community. Dr. Phillips teaches courses in econometrics and forecasting at Trinity, Incarnate Word and St. Mary’s Universities. He also teaches courses in managerial economics in the Executive MBA program at UTSA. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Southern Methodist University and holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics and a Bachelor of Journalism degree in News/Editorial from the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Michael Chriszt
Director of International and Regional Analysis
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Michael Chriszt is the director of International and Regional Analysis in the Latin America Research Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In addition to directing the work of the LARG, he monitors and reports on economic, financial, and political developments in foreign economies and the states of the Sixth District. He holds degrees in diplomacy and foreign affairs and history, and a master’s degree in political economy from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He joined the bank in 1989.
Charles Steindel
Senior Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Charles Steindel is a Senior Vice President in the Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies Function. He oversees the Group's analysis and forecasts of U.S. economic conditions. His research interests include consumer spending and saving and productivity growth. He has served as president of the Money Marketeers of New York University and the Forecasters Club of New York. He received his bachelor's degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His fields of interest include: Chain weighting measuring gdp, Consumer behavior, Cycle capital spending balance sheet, Growth and Productivity, Inflation estimates productivity growth, Investment, Manufacturing, Private saving, Productivity growth, Saving, Saving economic growth, Stock market consumption, Tax rebate.
