Global Economic Outlook 2022 (Virtual)

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report published in October 2021, the global economy is projected to grow 4.9 percent in 2022, a 0.1. percentage point lower than 2021 (5.9 percent) as reported in the July IMF forecast. The downward revision is partially caused by supply chain disruptions and worsening pandemic dynamics in low-income developing countries. The economic and political environment across the globe has been critically impacted by the pandemic coupled with the higher cost of living, food insecurity, economic inequity, migration, cultural and societal changes, and mistrust in institutions and governments.

To say that 2021 was a challenging year is an understatement. Like 2020 before it, and 2022 to come, the global economy appears to be trending toward incremental recovery as the threat of new variants force governments worldwide to reevaluate and mitigate risk, but continue to move forward to create opportunities for growth.

Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte on Thursday, February 10, 2022 with Dr. Jay Bryson, the Managing Director and Chief Economist for Wells Fargo’s Corporate and Investment Bank. Dr. Bryson will share his expert insight into the global economic outlook for 2022 referencing domestic and major economies worldwide while addressing challenges stemming from the pandemic.

Program Information: 

Date:
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Presentation & Q&A: 
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Cost:
$FREE (WACC & YPWACC Members / Students / Teachers)
$FREE (UNC Charlotte Faculty / Students / Staff)
$12 (Non-Member)

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Biography: 

Jay Bryson is a Managing Director and the Chief Economist for Wells Fargo’s Corporate and Investment Bank, a position he has held since August 2018. In this role, Jay leads the Economics Group, which provides analysis on economic and financial developments in the major economies of the world as well as forecasts of macroeconomic variables in these economies. He was Wells Fargo’s Global Economist between 1998 and 2018.

Before joining Wells Fargo in 1998, Jay was an economist in the Division of International Finance at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. He started his career as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Alabama. Jay has also lectured on international economics and macroeconomics at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University. He has published in academic and popular economic journals, and his comments on the economy regularly appear in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and USA Today. He makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg TV.

Jay is a member of the American Economic Association and the Charlotte Economics Club. He is also a member of the National Association for Business Economics and served on its board of directors from 2010 to 2013. Jay received his BA and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.