National and International Economic Trends
John E. Silvia, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo
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John E. Silvia
John Silvia is a managing director and the chief economist for Wells Fargo. Based in Charlotte, North
Carolina, he has held his position since he joined Wachovia, a Wells Fargo predecessor, in 2002 as the
company’s chief economist.
Before 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 served as the president of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) in 2015 and
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 is on the Bloomberg Best
Forecast list for his forecasts of GDP, the ISM manufacturing index, housing starts, and the
unemployment rate.
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