Mark Zandi

Zandi was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and is of Iranian descent.[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890405,00.html Time Magazine] The son of Professor Iraj Zandi, he grew up in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Zandi received his B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania{{cite web |url=https://www.phillymag.com/articles/2010/01/29/philadelphia-salaries-2010-mark-zandi-profile-the-hardest-working-man-in-the-recession/3/#bz6dz6Xlhu1QQ5pF.99 |title=Philadelphia Salaries 2010: Mark Zandi Profile: The Hardest-Working Man In the Recession - Page 3 of 6 |publisher=Phillymag.com |date=2010-01-29 |access-date=2020-04-06}} and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite news |title=WSJ: Stimulus Expert Zandi: Package Falls Short |newspaper=Wall Street Journal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/02/03/stimulus-expert-zandi-package-falls-short/|date=2009-02-03}}

Zandi was a regional economist at Chase Econometrics, prior to co-founding Economy.com in 1990. Moody's Corporation purchased Economy.com in 2005. Economy.com subsequently became part of Moody's Analytics, a subsidiary of Moody's Corporation.

As Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics, Zandi oversees the global economic forecast and directs the activities of the economic research team. He publishes his outlook for the economy monthly, produces research on key topics and conducts regular briefings for clients, businesses, corporate boards and trade associations.

Zandi infamously discounted the 2007–2009 housing market collapse stating to The New York Times in March 2006 that "Even in the most vulnerable markets, most people just have to look through it and ignore it because it's of very little relevance to them."Leonhardt, David, (March 1, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/01/business/dont-fear-the-bubble-that-bursts.html "Don't Fear the Bubble that Bursts"]

Zandi is a regular contributor to The Washington PostZandi, Mark (January 4, 2013). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/housings-renaissance-could-lead-an-economic-recovery/2013/01/03/304e4c40-488c-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html "Housing’s renaissance could lead an economic recovery"]. The Washington Post. and The Philadelphia Inquirer,[http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mark_zandi "Mark Zandi"]. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 14, 2016. and is a frequent guest on CBS' Face the Nation, Fox Business, Sirius XM's Wharton Business Daily, C-SPAN, CNBC,[http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000378286 CNBC] NPR, NBC's Meet the Press,{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28964188 |title=NBC News |publisher=NBC News |date=2009-02-01 |access-date=2020-04-06}} CNN,{{cite web|last=Liberto |first=Jennifer |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/01/07/news/economy/unemployment-insurance-economy/index.html |title=CNN |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2014-01-07 |access-date=2020-04-06}} and various other media outlets.

Zandi is on the board of directors of MGIC, the nation's largest private mortgage insurance company, and The Reinvestment Fund, a large CDFI that makes investments in disadvantaged neighborhoods.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In 2008, Zandi wrote the book Financial Shock: A 360° Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis{{cite news |title=Washington Post: The Economy |newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402501.html}} and in 2012 he wrote Paying the Price: Ending the Great Recession and Beginning a New American Century.{{cite web |title=CNN: Can the economy 'get its groove back'? Moody's Analytics' Mark Zandi says yes |date=12 October 2012 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tv/can-the-economy-get-its-groove-back-moodys-analytics-mark-zandi-says-yes/index.html}} Zandi's analysis of the impact of an economic stimulus package on the United States economy was cited by Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein in their report on President Barack Obama's proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, which became the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[http://otrans.3cdn.net/45593e8ecbd339d074_l3m6bt1te.pdf Romer, Bernstein PDF] Zandi has authored multiple studies and op-eds, including:

• Protecting Workers and Businesses in the COVID Crisis{{cite web|url=https://www.moodysanalytics.com/-/media/article/2020/Protecting-Workers-and-Businesses-COVID-Crisis.pdf|title=Protecting Workers and Businesses in the COVID Crisis|date=2020-07-07}}
• A Timely, Simple Idea to Boost Affordable Housing{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/why-the-coronavirus-stimulus-doesnt-work-for-some-small-businesses/3D0F75AD-65D9-4D46-94BA-B9CA8711F389.html|title=A Timely, Simple Idea to Boost Affordable Housing|date=2020-02-12}}
• Solving The Student Debt Crisis: Increase Education Supply{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/02/solving-the-student-debt-crisis-increase-edu-supply-says-mark-zandi.html|title=Solving The Student Debt Crisis: Increase Education Supply|website=CNBC|date=2019-01-03}}
• Pride and Protectionism: U.S. Trade Policy and Its Impact on Asia{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=87319467-6a15-4d93-ab33-d2dbe2f74a99&app=eccafile|title=Pride and Protectionism: U.S. Trade Policy and Its Impact on Asia|date=2018-10-18}}
• Fear the Robots? Better to Embrace them and Adjust{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=dc08ea7b-e09c-4743-b95e-9ffe89da08b4&app=eccafile

|title=Fear the Robots? Better to Embrace them and Adjust|date=2017-10-26}}

• A Better Economy Under Trump Seems Unlikely{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=48660f55-9bba-41c7-bb4d-259213613e59&app=eccafile

|title=A Better Economy Under Trump Seems Unlikely |date=2016-11-27}}

• The Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Next One{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=5c176c87-e596-469a-839c-78d90b310c01&app=eccafile

|title=The Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Next One|date=2015-10-15}}

• A General Theory of G-Fees{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=0589ECA5-C6A9-4D02-873D-DB3A1EA390C1&app=eccafile

|title=A General Theory of G-Fees|date=2014-10-24}}

• Time for the Government to Reduce its Role in the Mortgage Business{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=355CE646-FCEB-409E-83E9-EE5E6869A245&app=eccafile

|title=Time for the Government to Reduce its Role in the Mortgage Business|date=2013-07-17}}

• Gas Prices and the Economy{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/index

|title=Gas Prices and the Economy|date=2012-03-25}}

• Reforming Fannie and Freddie{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=B86DC0CB-4E40-46E3-9CB6-03447E14DCFF&app=eccafile

|title=Reforming Fannie and Freddie|date=2011-01-22}}

• How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=2DF7337D-8DD2-4D20-9B3F-77328C4B6647&app=eccafile

|title=How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End|date=2010-07-27}}

• Policymaking Through a Panic{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=F53C7091-B5FF-458D-B372-CEE41DF0B45F&app=eccafile

|title=Policymaking Through a Panic|date=2008-12-03}}

• Where are the Regulators?{{cite web|url=https://www.economy.com/dismal/article_free.asp?cid=18664

|title=Where are the Regulators?|date=2005-11-01}}

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• [http://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/default.asp Mark Zandi's homepage] at Economy.com
• [http://www.economy.com Economy.com], part of Moody's Analytics
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