David Wyss

Chief Economist

Standard & Poor’s

David A. Wyss is chief economist at Standard & Poor’s, based in New York. Dr. Wyss joined Data Resources, Inc. in 1979 as Chief European Economist in London, which was acquired by McGraw-Hill. He came back to the United States in 1983 as Chief Financial Economist for DRI/McGraw-Hill, and became chief economist for Standard & Poor’s in 1999. Before joining DRI, Dr. Wyss was Senior Staff Economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board, and Economic Advisor to the Bank of England. Dr. Wyss holds a B.S. from MIT and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.