Printable Biography of Jeff K Thredgold

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Jeff Thredgold has been entertaining and informing audiences for over 18 years.  Jeff Thredgold has the unique ability to "cut though the fluff" and discuss serious issues and developments in a very understandable way.

An economic consultant to numerous clients in a variety of industries, Jeff Thredgold has been entertaining and informing audiences for 18 years. With a unique ability to "cut though the fluff," he leads his audience on a slightly irreverent, up-to-the-minute "tour" of the economy, financial markets, education, government, and a sneak preview of the future.

Jeff is President of Thredgold Economic Associates, an economic consulting and professional speaking company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the only economist in the world to have earned the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation, the highest earned designation in professional speaking. He has spoken more than 1,000 times during the past 18 years, traveling more than one million miles in the process.

Customizing his remarks specifically to the industry or group that he is addressing, he can present whatever length program is desired, from 30 minutes to four hours, and will always finish according to your schedule, not his. He uses humor to keep things light, while also providing a great deal of substance for audience members.

His career includes 23 years with $95 billion banking giant Key Corp, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Economist. He now serves as economic consultant to $45 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in ten states, as well as other clients.

Jeff has appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV, the nation’s business network, as well as numerous appearances on CNN, and is quoted regularly in the nation’s financial press. He is a monthly contributor to the national publication Blue Chip Financial Forecasts and quarterly USA TODAY economic forecast surveys.

Jeff has been writing a weekly economic and financial newsletter, now titled the Tea Leaf, for 31 years. He is the author of three books, Economy by Thredgold, A Parent's Letter to My Children in School, and On The One Hand…The Economist’s Joke Book. The company also produces quarterly economic reports and a monthly small business index for various clients.

He served as an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years and served as President of the National Association for Business Economics Utah Chapter. He is a former member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Weber State University and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Utah. In addition, he completed bank investment schools at Southern Methodist University and the University of Illinois.