Presenter

Thomas Higgins

Chief Economist, Payden & Rygel

Thomas Higgins is the Chief Economist at Payden & Rygel Investment Counsel. He is responsible for developing views on the U.S. and global economy. Before joining Payden, Higgins was employed at The Conference Board where he served as the International Economist. At the Board, he produced reports on the global economic outlook as well as maintaining the exchange rate models for the U.S. economic forecast. He has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business News.Higgins received a University Fellowship from Fordham University in 1995 and completed his Ph.D. in Economics in 2001. His dissertation titled, “The Term Structure and Recessions,” analyzed the linkages between the shape of the yield curve and recessions across the G-7 economies. Higgins holds a B.A. in Economics from Drew University where he was a Garden State Scholar and graduated Magna Cum Laude with Special Honors for his thesis titled, “Privatization in Poland.” He is a member of both the American Economics Association and the National Association of Business Economics (NABE). Tom was President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the NABE from 2006-2007. Higgins is also on the Board of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and the California Council on Economic Education.

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