Constance L. Hunter

Education She attended New York University, receiving a bachelor's degree in Economics and Sociology, then earned a master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (SIPA). She also holds a Certified Business Economist (CBE) designation.

Career Since the 1990s, she has held various upper-level asset management positions, serving as chief investment officer (CIO) or chief economist for over a decade prior to joining KPMG. was subsequently a portfolio manager for Firebird Management, which invested hedge funds in countries formerly of the Soviet Union. She was chief economist at Galtere Ltd.; In 2011, she became deputy CIO at Axa Investment Managers, with over $500 billion in managed assets. Hunter became known for accurately forecasting major economic events. the dot-com bubble burst of 2001; the subprime mortgage crisis that contributed to the subsequent 2008 financial crisis; low bond yields concurrent with U.S. housing market recovery, from 2012; She often appears as an economic commentator for broadcast media.

KPMG In 2013, she was appointed chief economist of KPMG, where she was responsible for macroeconomic analysis and economic forecasting. A former principal of the firm, she joined its strategy leadership team in 2020, and the advisory board of its pension committee. and economic recession for 2019. She was also one of the first economists to begin forecasting the extensive economic impacts of COVID-19 on the U.S., noting a March 2020 start to economic recession, emerging obstacles, such as job loss and decreased consumer consumption; mask wearing resistance; virus variants; political uncertainty; and recovery, and social shifts, as well as the pandemic's effect on Chinese economies in February 2020. In early 2021, she forecast economic changes subsequent to societal adaptations due to the pandemic, outlined in the report, "Covid's economic reset: making the quixotic quotidian". In the newly created role,

EIU In September 2024, Hunter joined The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the business information arm of The Economist Group as chief economist.

Boards and associations Hunter is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, She served as president of the National Association for Business Economics for 2019 to 2020, and is a NABE Fellow and board member, where her focus is diversity and inclusion. and 100 Women in Finance. Hunter also serves on the advisory board of Social Impact Capital, and the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research.