Mark Zandi, Chief Economist

• U.S. Macro Outlook: Slowly Gaining Traction
• The Benefits of a Jobs Tax Cut
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• U.S. Macro Outlook: Good, but Not Good Enough
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• Breaking Up the Banks Makes No Sense
• Taxing the Big Banks Makes Sense
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Recent Testimony

• House Financial Services Committee Feb. 23, 2010
• Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Jan. 13, 2010
• Congressional Oversight Panel
  Nov. 19, 2009
• Joint Economic Committee
  Oct. 29, 2009
• House Financial Services Committee, Sept.24, 2009
• House Financial Services Committee, Jul.21, 2009
• House Financial Services Committee, Oral Notes Jul.21, 2009
• U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Jul.17, 2009
• U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Oral Notes Jul.17, 2009
• House Budget Committee, Jan. 27, 2009
• House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Jan. 6, 2009
• U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Dec.04, 2008
• U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Nov.19, 2008
• U.S. House Committee on Small Business
• U.S. Senate Budget Committee
• U.S. House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
• U.S. House Financial Services Committee

Jump-Starting the Job Market: How Well Will a Job Tax Credit Work

The Shape of the Coming Recovery

The Once & Future Financial System

Obama's Housing Policy

U.S. 2010 Macroeconomic Outlook

Foreclosure Mitigation

Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody's Analytics, where he directs research and consulting. Moody's Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation, is a leading provider of economic research, data and analytical tools.
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FORECASTING PHILOSOPHY — We rely on four key ingredients to produce an economic outlook: data, models, market insight and experience. First, a myriad of economic, financial and demographic data are collected and scrubbed to account for various measurement issues. Learn More

Zandi on Stimulus

More than one year after the passage of the $787 billion fiscal stimulus plan, there remains a great deal of debate regarding its effectiveness. Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi has analyzed the economic impact and presented his findings to Congressional leaders as well as to the Obama administration.

His analysis, as well as the Obama team's description of their proposals,
are here:

• Taking Stock: Independent Views on TARP’s Effectiveness
  Mark Zandi - November 19, 2009
• The Impact of the Recovery Act on Economic Growth
  Mark Zandi - October 29, 2009
• The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  Mark Zandi - January 21, 2009
• The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package
  Mark Zandi - January 6, 2009
• The Economic Impact of a $600 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package
  Mark Zandi - November 28, 2008
• The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan:
  Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein; January 9, 2009

Financial Shock

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A look at the most important financial crisis since The Great Depression, with lessons for homeowners, investors and policymakers.

• A fascinating exposé of the subprime crisis by one of the world's leading economists and expert on credit and credit markets.
• How mortgage lenders, investment bankers, builders, regulators, and the Fed caused one of the most devastating global economic disasters in history.
• How homeowners and investors can protect themselves from new financial shocks already on the horizon.
• Read Financial Shock by Mark Zandi for a systematic breakdown of the causes and resultant effects of the current subprime mortgage crisis crippling the American real estate and lending industries.
• Learn more at www.financialshock.com

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