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• Nathan Sheets:"Global Growth: Absorbing the Blow from Tariffs"

  • When
    23 Oct 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl

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  Nathan Sheets

  Global Chief Economist

  Citigroup

  
  

  "Global Growth: Absorbing the Blow from Tariffs"

  

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  The global economy this year has shown remarkable resilience, largely shrugging off the effects of President Trump's tariffs.  Part of the solid performance reflects frontloading of spending, as US households and firms have sought to front run the tariffs, and is likely to be paid back.  But, in addition, the underlying economy has shown surprising momentum and flexibility, which has been a recurrent theme over the past few years.  Burgeoning AI investment is another important factor that has boosted growth.

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  Nathan Sheets, Ph.D., is Global Chief Economist at Citi Research. In this role, Nathan leads Citi’s surveillance and forecasting of the global economy and directs the analysis of the firm’s economics team. He interacts closely with Citi’s major institutional clients and internal risk takers, and publishes research on cross-cutting themes shaping the global economy and financial markets.

  Most recently, Nathan was Chief Economist and a member of the senior investment team at PGIM Fixed Income. He also has served as Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs, representing the U.S. government on international economic issues. Previously, he held positions with Citigroup, as Global Head of International Economics, and with the Federal Reserve Board, as Director of the Division of International Finance and FOMC Economist. In addition, Nathan was a senior advisor to the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund and a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He joined Citi in October 2021.

  
  

  

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• Monica Toft: Demography and Civil War

  • When
    6 Nov 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Union Club of Boston, 8 Park St Pl, Boston, MA 02108

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  Monica Toft: Demography & Civil War

  Academic Dean and Professor of International Politics. Her research interests include international security and strategy, ethnic and religious violence, civil wars and the relationship between demography and national security. 

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  **Please note that this luncheon will be held at the Union Club of Boston and not at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston due to availability. Capacity is limited to 80 at the Union Club. 
  

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• George Yip: "China's Innovation and Industrial Policy Challenges to the USA"

  • When
    4 Dec 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl

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  George Yip: "China's Innovation and Industrial Policy Challenges to the USA"

  
  

  Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Imperial College Business School, London

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  "China’s Innovation and Industrial Policy Challenges to the USA” examines how Chinese companies have moved from imitation to global leadership in innovation in various sectors such as electric vehicles and online retailing, as well as reinventing management. The talk also contrasts China’s state-driven industrial policy with the market-led U.S. model, and addresses the trade war and decoupling between the U.S. and China.

  
  

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• Atul Gawande: “How to Live Longer: Lessons from USAID’s Work on the Reduction of Premature Death”

  • When
    17 Dec 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Paul Connolly Center 4th Fl

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  Atul Gawande: “How to Live Longer: Lessons from USAID’s Work on the Reduction of Premature Death”

  McArthur Fellow and an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher

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  A discussion with Atul Gawande, former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the US Agency for International Development from January 2022 to January 2025. Gains in reducing premature mortality – death in childhood and adulthood in early and middle age – have added three decades to the lifespan of the human species. And a subset of lower income countries have demonstrated that systems focused on reducing premature mortality through universal primary care can achieve higher life expectancy than the US at a fraction of the cost.

  
  

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