Brian Wesbury Chief Economist

Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Wheaton, Illinois. He was a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Chicago Fed from 1999-2007 and has been a regular attendee of the Economist Roundtable Luncheon at the Chicago Fed since 2007. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and in 1995 and 1996, he served as Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. The Wall Street Journal ranked Mr. Wesbury the nation's #1 U.S. economic forecaster in 2001, and USA Today ranked him as one of the nation's top 10 forecasters in 2004. He has authored two books: It's Not As Bad As You Think (2009) and The New Era of Wealth (1999).