The BGS Alumni of New York is very pleased to invite you to our annual Economic Forecast lecture. This year's lecture will be given by the distinguished Economist David Wyss, PhD, who is the Managing Director and Chief Economist at Standard & Poor's. He will share with us his insights on what to look for in the year ahead.  His biography is below.

When:   Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Where:  Warwick Hotel
               65 West 54th Street (near Ave of the Americas)
               NYC, NY 10019
Time:     Reception beginning 6:00PM. (includes hot hors d'oeuvres, soda and wine)
Price:     $30 members and their guests                          

         DAVID A. WYSS, Ph.D.

                  Standard & Poor’s

David A. Wyss is chief economist at Standard & Poor’s, based in New York.  In this position, he is responsible for S&P’s economic forecasts and publications, and co-authors the monthly Equity Insight and the weekly Financial Notes.  David joined Data Resources, Inc. in 1979 as an economist in the European Economic Service in London, which was acquired by McGraw-Hill.  He came back to the United States in 1983 as Chief Financial Economist for DRI/McGraw-Hill, became chief economist for Standard & Poor’s DRI in 1992, and chief economist for Standard & Poor’s in 1999.  Before joining DRI, Dr. Wyss was a Senior Staff Economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board, and Economic Advisor to the Bank of England.

            David holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.  He is on the board of the National Association for Business Economics. David testifies regularly before Congress, is quoted regularly in the press, and has appeared on many major television programs.  He has written many articles for popular and professional publications.