As Managing Director and Head Economist for Commercial Banking, Jim Glassman provides market insights to help clients better understand the
changing economy and its impact on their businesses. Jim also works closely with the firm's corporate sector, including the Chief Investment Office, the Investment Bank, Investor Relations and Government Relations groups, providing financial analysis and research.
A publisher of independent research on the principal forces shaping the economy and financial markets, Jim is regularly cited in the financial media and is a frequent commentator on economic policy issues. Additionally, he is a long-standing participant in the widely followed Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Survey of Professional Forecasters and the National Association of Business Economists' panel of macroeconomic forecasters.
From 1979 through 1988, Jim served as a Senior Economist in the Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs departments at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. His responsibilities ranged from analysis and forecasting of inflation and labor market developments to analysis of the Federal Reserve's operating strategies, interest rate markets and the development of monetary and reserves projections. He joined Morgan Guaranty in 1988 and Chemical Bank in 1993, which, through a combination of mergers, became JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jim earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University.