Kathleen Bostjancic has extensive experience providing insightful global economic

and financial market analysis and forecasts to institutional and retail investors and
Fortune 500 business leaders and professionals. She has deep understanding of
global monetary and fiscal policy and its impact on the economy and markets. Kathy
is a skilled forecaster with strong analytical and modeling capabilities. She
consistently produces high-quality in-depth and timely research reports on a wide
variety of global economic topics. Kathy possesses superior writing and
communication skills. She is a top media spokesperson appearing in print,
television, and radio. Kathy is highly skilled in building and maintaining client
relationships. She has a proven record of achievement and managerial experience in
diverse organizations.

Currently, Kathy Bostjancic is the Director for Macroeconomic Analysis at The
Conference Board, responsible for generating the U.S. economic forecast and
contributing to a team that produces the global economic outlook. She oversees and
participates regularly in The Conference Board Economics Watch monthly
global/U.S. webcast series. She authors the monthly Economics Watch U.S. View
which features in-depth special topics. The macroeconomic topics span a variety of
subjects ranging from global central bank monetary and fiscal policy to the U.S.
housing market to the U.S. consumer balance sheet, consumer spending, global
inflation and global labor markets, etc. Kathy has led a research-working group that
instructed companies on how to improve their internal business forecasting. Kathy
briefs member Fortune 500 firms and larger audiences on the global economic
outlook and the impact it could have on their businesses. Kathy is a top economics
media spokesperson, appearing in print, television and radio. She is a regular guest
on Bloomberg Radio and TV. In addition to her responsibilities at the Conference
Board, Kathy serves as a director and member of the launch team for The Demand
Institute, which is a joint partnership between The Conference Board and
Nielsen. The Demand Institutes mission is to illuminate how consumer demand is
evolving around the world. She is working with a team of economists from The
Demand Institute on modeling dynamics of the U.S. housing at the national, state
and MSA levels and providing projections spanning the next five years.
During her time at Merrill Lynch, as a Senior Director, U.S. Senior Economist, Kathy
Bostjancic served as Vice Chairman of the Merrill Lynch Interest Rate Committee
which correctly predicted aggressive Federal Reserve monetary policy easing in late
2007-2008. She served as the fixed-income trading desk economist providing
analysis and direction for the fixed-income trading floor following the release of
high-frequency economic data, news, and developments. She supported all fixed-
income and equity businesses including institutional, middle markets and private
client. Kathy was in high demand to deliver presentations on economic and financial
market outlooks to the firms top clients in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. She authored
in-depth high-quality research pieces on a wide range of timely topics. Highlights
included: prescient analysis predicting the widening of the credit crisis beyond the
subprime market; the implosion of the U.S. residential and nonresidential markets;
the large negative impact of the credit turmoil on the economy, the banking system,
Federal Reserve monetary policy, and the financial markets; and timely analysis of
the Federal Reserves unconventional monetary policy actions and fiscal policy
initiatives taken during the financial crisis. Kathy demonstrated managerial
leadership as second in seniority in the U.S. Economics group where her
responsibilities included helping to manage a staff of five and assisting in overseeing
the daily and weekly operations of the group. Kathy was quoted frequently by Dow
Jones News, Reuters, Bloomberg News, and Market News International financial
newswires. Her television appearances included time on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV
and Reuters TV. She was a frequent participant on Bloomberg Radio. Kathy holds a
MA in economics from New York University and a BA in economics from Rutgers
College.