The Philadelphia Council for Business Economics
A Chapter of NABE

is pleased to present

James Diffley, Senior Director
Chief Regional Economist, IHS Economics

Presentation: "Jobs are Coming Back, Will Housing?"

James Diffley is Senior Director of IHS Economics. He managed the U.S. Regional Services Group from 1998 to 2013, with overall responsibility for Regional Services, including the Regional Core Macroeconomic Service and the Real Estate & Construction Service, supervising the quarterly economic forecast of the 50 states and over 300 metropolitan areas of the United States. He regularly makes presentations of these regional economic forecasts and analysis to clients, conferences, governmental bodies, and the press.

Diffley came to Global Insight through WEFA, Inc. Prior to joining WEFA, Diffley was supervising tax analyst with the New Jersey Division of Taxation's Office of Tax Analysis from 1988 to 1996, where he was responsible for developing the state economic forecast for the state executive budget and for business tax revenue forecasting. Diffley did his Doctorate of Philosophy training in economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, completing all requirements but the dissertation. From 1982 to 1987, he was on the economics faculty at Adelphi University in New York.


Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Time: 1:00 pm - Presentation begins

Place: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Directions
           Ten Independence Mall (Seventh & Arch Streets),
           Philadelphia, PA