Jeff Thredgold is President of Thredgold Economic Associates, a professional speaking and economic consulting company based near Salt Lake City, Utah. Jeff is the only economist in the world to have ever received the international designation of CSP, or Certified Speaking Professional, the highest earned designation in professional speaking. He has served the past 14 years as economic consultant to $52 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in nine states. His career also includes 23 years with $100 billion banking giant KeyCorp, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. He is a member of four national forecast panels, including Blue Chip Financial Forecasts and those of USA TODAY and the Associated Press. Jeff has appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV…the nation’s business network, as well as numerous appearances on CNN. Jeff has been writing a weekly economic and financial newsletter, now entitled the Tea Leaf, for 36 years. His latest book, "econAmerica", was released by major publisher Wiley & Sons. Other books include "A Parent’s Letter to My Children in School; Economy "by Thredgold; and "On The One Hand…The Economist’s Joke Book."He served as an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years. He is a former member of both the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Titles The Future Course of The U.S. Economy The Labor Markets The Value of Education Inflation or Deflation? The Direction of Interest Rates The Competitive Position of U.S. Companies Financial Markets The Global Economy The Changing Nature of Retirement Technology Advances Topics Financial, Future, Business Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $10,000 - $14,999 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State UT Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

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