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Economic futurist and keynote speaker Jeff Thredgold has been helping people understand the tangled maze of the economy and financial markets for more than three decades. With a unique ability to "cut though the fluff," he leads his audience on a slightly irreverent, up-to-the-minute "tour" of the economy, financial markets, education, government, and a sneak preview of the future.

Jeff Thredgold's career includes 23 years with $100 billion banking giant KeyCorp, where he served as Senior VP and Chief Economist. He has served for the past 13 years as economic consultant to $55 billion Zions Bancorporation, which has banks in 10 states. Jeff also serves as economic consultant to various other clients.

Jeff has appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV, the nation’s business network, in addition to numerous appearances on CNN, and is quoted regularly in the nation’s financial press. He is a monthly contributor to the national publication Blue Chip Financial Forecasts and quarterly USA TODAY economic forecast surveys.

Jeff has been writing a weekly economic and financial newsletter, now titled the Tea Leaf, for 35 years. He is the monthly economic columnist for Business Issues, one of Asia’s newest business publications.

Jeff Thredgold is the author of four books, econAmerica: Why the American Economy is Alive and Well…And What That Means to Your Wallet (published by major publisher Wiley & Sons), Economy by Thredgold, A Parent's Letter to My Children in School, and On The One Hand…The Economist’s Joke Book. The company also produces quarterly economic reports and a monthly small business index for various clients.

He served as an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah for 16 years and served as President of the National Association for Business Economics Utah Chapter. He is a former member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association and the Economic Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Jeff Thredgold received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Weber State University and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Utah. In addition, he completed bank investment schools at Southern Methodist University and the University of Illinois.

Jeff also offers a unique program which combines a program with classically trained violinist and recording artist Lynnette Thredgold's entertaining presentation with Jeff's economic keynote: Money and Music (see below for a video preview).