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Who is Jeff?

	Jeff is an Experienced Economist   President of Thredgold Economic Associates, a professional speaking and economic consulting company       23 years with KeyCorp, one of the nation’s largest financial services companies, stretching from Maine to Alaska with assets of more than $100 billion, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Economist       Served for 13 years as economic consultant to $55 billion Zions Bancorporation, with banks in ten states       Served as economic consultant to numerous clients in a variety of industries		Media   Monthly economic columnist for Business Issues, one of Asia’s newest business publications       Appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV, the nation’s business network       Numerous appearances on CNN       Quoted frequently in nation’s business press (including: The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Investor’s Business Daily, and Business Week)       Monthly contributor to the national publication Blue Chip Financial Forecasts       Quarterly USA TODAY economic forecast surveys
Jeff’s Publications   Tea Leaf, an economic and financial update published weekly for 37 years       econAmerica: Why the American Economy is Alive and Well…And What That Means to Your Wallet       A Parent’s Letter to My Children in School       On the One Hand...The Economist’s Joke Book       Quarterly economic reports for various clients       Monthly small business index, currently measuring business conditions in three states		Other Interesting Facts   Adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years       Served as President of the National Association for Business Economics Utah Chapter and the NSA-Utah Chapter       Former member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
		Academic Credentials   Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Weber State University       Master’s degree in economics from the University of Utah       Completed bank investment schools at Southern Methodist University and the University of Illinois

January 2012