Anthony Chan joined J.P. Morgan in 1994 and currently serves as the Chief Economist for Chase. His responsibilities include economic analysis and research in support of Chase and the Private Bank’s Global Investment Committee. In addition, Mr. Chan travels both globally and domestically to meet with clients and to make presentations on economics and investments.
Mr. Chan is a member of several forecasting panels, including the Blue Chip Monthly Forecasting panel, the National Association of Business Economists Quarterly Macro Panel and the Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones Weekly Economic Indicator panels. From 2001 to 2002, he served on the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Banker’s Association. One of the most important responsibilities of this ABA group was to brief Alan Greenspan and the rest of the board members in Washington, D.C., twice a year in an off-the-record session.
Mr. Chan received his B.B.A. in Finance & Investments from Baruch College in 1979 and his M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1986) in Economics from the University of Maryland. From 1985 to 1986, Mr. Chan was a Doctoral fellow at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. After completing his doctoral studies, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Dayton (1986 to 1989). He was an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1989 to 1991 and was a Senior Economist at Barclays de Zoete Wedd Government Securities from 1991 to 1994.
Mr. Chan has been quoted in many media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and Investor’s Daily. He appears several times per month on CNBC, and often is featured in other media outlets such as Fox Business News, CNN, Reuters and public televison’s Nightly Business Report.