Models for Fed Watchers: NLP Sentiment, Forecasts & Market Drivers
Anna Wong, chief US economist, will share her outlook for the Fed and the wider US economy. Björn van Roye and Scott Johnson from Bloomberg Economics' modeling team will show how to carry the analysis forward on the terminal, including insights from:
Fedspeak: NLP-driven insights on Fed sentiment
Forecast Tracker: Track shifts in expectations for key US indicators, the federal funds rate and Treasury yields
Market and Inflation Drivers: Model drivers of key asset prices and economic variables
Speakers
Anna Wong
Chief U.S. Economist
Bloomberg
Before joining Bloomberg as chief US economist, Anna Wong worked as principal economist at federal reserve board of governors, chief international economist at White House council of economist, and deputy director of office of international economic analysis at US Treasury.
Björn Van Roye
Head of Global Economic Modeling
Bloomberg
Björn van Roye is the Head of Global Economic Modeling for Bloomberg Economics in Madrid. He previously worked as a Team Lead Economist at the European Central Bank and a Research economist at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He is author of several macroeconomic models and tools such the ECB-Global Model for Spillover Analysis and the BEAR Toolbox for estimating Bayesian VAR models.
Scott Johnson
Deputy Head: Global Economic Modelling
Bloomberg Economics
Scott Johnson is an economist and the deputy head of global modeling for Bloomberg Economics in London. He contributes to analysis of the global economy and helps manage the Bloomberg Economics live research platform at BECO MODELS . He previously covered the Russian economy as well as broader emerging markets. Scott has been with Bloomberg since 2011, initially joining in Hong Kong as an editor in our research and newsletters teams. Previously he worked for Financial Times publications in Hong Kong and New York.