PERSON: Steven Weiting

Citigroup Inc

Managing Director of Economic and Market Analysis

Steven Wieting is a managing director of Citigroup's Economic & Market Analysis team, responsible for the firm's global economic forecasts and policy analysis. Mr. Wieting, based in New York, serves as the lead economist for the US institutional equities business where he advises the firm's clients globally on macroeconomic issues.

In addition to forecasting and interpreting economic developments, Mr. Wieting's research focuses heavily on financial markets, investment risks and opportunities. He publishes his research in the weekly Portfolio Economics and also contributes to the firm's Comments on Credit and Portfolio Strategist. His quarterly Inside the S&P 500 provides projections of corporate earnings for the S&P 500 and its industry sectors, a macro-driven check on analysts' earnings expectations, and the first report of its kind on Wall Street. Mr. Wieting is also a member of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Investment Committee Advisory Council.

Prior to joining Smith Barney in 1996, Mr. Wieting was an economics correspondent with Dow Jones, where he followed financial markets, economic forecasts and reported on the views of Federal Reserve policymakers and monetary policy developments. He also served as a contributor to The Wall Street Journal's "Credit Markets" column. Previously, Mr. Wieting worked for the US Department of Commerce.

Mr. Wieting received an M.S. in quantitative economics at Baruch College. He also has acquired credits toward a Ph.D. in economics at the City University Graduate Center.

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