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Bernard Baumohl is managing director of The Economic Outlook Group. As an economist, he has demonstrated a knack for being far ahead of the curve in assessing the direction of the U.S. and world economy. Mr. Baumohl began his career as an analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank specializing in international affairs. He later served as an economist at European American Bank with responsibilities to monitor the global economy and develop forecasts. Mr. Baumohl was also TIME magazine's senior economics reporter for two decades. An award-winning journalist, he covered the news from New York, Washington, London and Jerusalem.

Mr. Baumohl has been a frequent guest on television and radio, including CNN, CNBC and the Nightly Business Report, and is cited often in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Business Week, Barron's and U.S. News & World Report. He has made hundreds of speeches around the country and also lectured at New York University, Duke University and the New York Institute of Finance.

Mr. Baumohl is author of The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities (Wharton School Publishing). The book is winner of the 2005 Readers Preference Editor's Choice Award for Finance and has been translated into several languages, including Russian and Chinese.

He is also a recipient of the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism, and is a member of the National Association for Business Economics and the American Economic Association. Mr. Baumohl holds an M.A. from Columbia University.