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Senior US Economist

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Department: 400/Economics

Posted: 4/3/2025

Location Name: New York, NY

Wage Max: 205,000.00

Wage Min: 175,000.00

Position Type: Full Time

About The Conference Board

Founded in 1916 (https://cdn.acquiretm.com/assets/conference-board/TCB\_HistoryTimeLine.pdf) , The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what’s ahead. Our agenda is simple: to help leaders navigate the biggest issues facing business and better serve society. We believe in innovative approaches that make you think- and act- differently. And everything we do reflects the input of our members and their real-world challenges.

We do this by delivering business insights. We connect senior executives across industries and geographies to share ideas, and our experts create fact-based research and consensus-driven policy statements to help leaders address their most important business issues.

Because we are independent, non-partisan, and non-profit our work is trusted. If you learned it at The Conference Board you can count on it.

What it’s like to work here:

While it’s serious work to operate a global business think tank, it’s also fulfilling — and fun! Our people enjoy what they do and know their ideas matter.

We encourage everyone to take personal ownership for outcomes: we collaborate, share a purpose and commit to each other and to our Members. It’s all about doing our very best - which means we succeed as our Members succeed - together we improve society.

The Conference Board invites all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance with our online application system and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please email Emma Shaw at [email protected] or call at 212 339 0423. Please indicate your full name, contact information and the specific accommodation needed.

Position Summary:

The Senior US Economist is responsible for developing and conveying The Conference Board forecast for the US economy. This will include forecasting, maintaining existing models, building new models, creating timely insights on the economy, and crafting the view of the US economic outlook for delivery to members, the media, and the public. This role will also be responsible for producing insights on the interaction between economics, finance, risk, and business strategy.

The candidate will support the Chief Economist in providing briefings to key stakeholders. The incumbent will also work collaboratively with other teams—within US ESF center, ESF teams abroad, and partners in other Centers spanning the globe—to provide intelligence on the US economy.

Accountabilities:

+ Develop and maintain The Conference Board forecast of the US economy.

+ Production of written insights, as well as being featured in webcasts, podcasts, and briefings to Members on the following topics: US growth, consumption, investment, housing, trade, inflation, Fed policy; and themes relating to finance and risk, including monetary policy, fiscal policy, crypto, money, banking, and financial stability.

+ Partner with labor market institute to generate US labor market forecasts including unemployment rates, payrolls, wages.

+ Establish a view on US monetary policy and collaborate with CED on US fiscal policy.

+ Disseminate the US forecast to external surveys (Blue Chip, Bloomberg, etc.).

+ Present US themes on the monthly Economy Watch webcast series and maintain monthly Economy Watch – US view deck

+ Engage Members in Experts Live briefings and on the ESF community.

+ Generate US chart deck and topical decks on relevant themes.

+ Write Rapid Responses to high frequency data (ex. GDP, CPI, Retail Sales, FOMC, PCE, etc.).

+ Write thematic insights on the US economy, and contribute to and write op-eds.

+ Conduct US economic scenario modeling using Oxford Economic platform.

+ Develop content and indicators for surveys focused upon finance, risk, and strategy.

+ Produce US section of the Annual Global Economic Outlook and advise on global report.

+ Contribute to Gray Swans tools.

+ Facilitate / lead insights projects on other ad hoc topics pertaining to the US, including trade.

+ Execute projects related to geopolitics and fiscal policy requiring data analysis.

+ Maintain high quality of insights design, implementation, and final output.

+ Engage in NABE to develop professional network and remain abreast of emerging themes.

Qualifications:

+ A Master's degree or PhD in Economics or related field.

+ 5-10 years of work experience in a data-intensive macroeconomic research environment.

+ Deep knowledge of the US economy and a strong grasp of economic theory.

+ Solid credentials in data analytics and analysis.

+ Excellent writing skills.

+ Superb communications skills.

+ Significant experience with analytical, statistical, and visualization packages (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, E-views, Tableau).

+ Programming/coding experience (e.g., STATA, SAS, R, Python, Matlab).

+ Knowledge of Haver DLX, CEIC, and Bloomberg data platforms desired.

+ Experience presenting to and interacting with senior executives in a business setting.

+ Media experience strongly preferred.

+ Experience working in a multidisciplinary, business-oriented team environment.

+ Works well under pressure and meets strict deadlines.

+ Highly organized, with strong attention to detail.

+ Experience with project management.

+ Experience supervising and/or mentoring junior staff is desirable.

What We Offer

The Conference Board is proud to embrace best practices in employee wellbeing. We offer a competitive total compensation package. As part of our benefits package, we offer flexibility with hybrid working capabilities, employer-sponsored learning and development, advancement opportunities, on-site health initiatives, a communal and collaborative working environment, and a strong sense of comradery with sports teams, clubs, and employee events.

The Conference Board does not discriminate. We are an equal opportunity employer/M/F/Vet/Disabled.