Jan Hatzius
Jan Hatzius | |
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| Born | December 17, 1968 Heidelberg, Germany |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Known for | Chief economist at Goldman Sachs, Lawrence R. Klein Award winner |
Jan Hatzius (born December 17, 1968) serves as the chief economist at Goldman Sachs. He gained recognition for his pessimistic predictions preceding the 2008 financial crisis and has twice been honored with the Lawrence R. Klein Award for delivering the most precise US economic forecasts over a four-year period. Additionally, he has achieved top rankings from prominent publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Institutional Investor.
Hatzius was born in Heidelberg and pursued his education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. In 1995, he completed his doctorate in economics at the University of Oxford under the mentorship of Stephen Nickell. Following this, he held a research fellowship at the London School of Economics.
Beginning his career at Goldman Sachs in 1997 as an associate economist based in Frankfurt, Hatzius relocated to New York two years later. He advanced to managing director by 2004 and took over from former chief US economist William Dudley in 2005. He was named a partner at Goldman Sachs in 2008 and was elevated to chief economist in 2011, where he oversees both the Global Economics division and Americas Macro Research.
He lives with his family in New York City's Upper West Side.
Selected publications
- Hatzius, Jan; Hooper, Peter; Mishkin, Frederic S.; Schoenholtz, Kermit L.; Watson, Mark W. Financial Conditions Indexes: A Fresh Look after the Financial Crisis, NBER Working Paper No. W16150, July 2010
- Hatzius, J. Foreign direct investment and factor demand elasticities, European Economic Review, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 117–143, 2000
- Hatzius, J. Domestic Jobs and Foreign Wages, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 100, no. 4, pp. 733–746, 1998
- Gauthier, A. H. L. N.; Hatzius, J. Family Benefits and Fertility: An Econometric Analysis, Population Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 295–306, 1997