Kathy Bostjancic Chief Economist

Kathy Bostjancic is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for Nationwide Mutual. Kathy leads a team of economic analysts delivering economic forecasts and analyses that are used to inform and strengthen the organization’s business strategies and operating plans.
Prior to joining Nationwide, Kathy served as chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics where she was responsible for assessing and forecasting the U.S. macroeconomic environment including Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, and its impact on industries and financial markets. Kathy served in similar roles at The Conference Board, Merrill Lynch, Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), and Citicorp Investment Bank where she provided analyses on both U.S. and global macroeconomic topics, including international capital and foreign exchange markets, housing markets, U.S. consumer research, and global inflation and labor markets.
Kathy is a noted economic expert who holds a master’s degree in economics from New York University and a bachelor’s in economics from Rutgers University. She is a is a frequent speaker to media and industry groups on the economic outlook, monetary policy, macroeconomics and financial markets.
Articles by this Author
- Strong Q3 but higher interest rates may finally begin to bite
- Higher-for-longer rates: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Cooler trends as summer turns to fall
- Service inflation is still too hot: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Service sector is still humming: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: What remains on Congress’s to-do list for 2023?
- The Fed weighs conflicting signals: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: What are the implications from Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole?
- Podcast: What states have the highest job growth?
- Consumers are propelling growth: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: What impact is back-to-school spending having on the consumer?
- Is a soft or hard landing on the way?
- Inflation slowdown continued in July: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- More signs of labor market cooling: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Economic growth remained buoyant in Q2: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Economy remains strong despite building headwinds for growth
- Podcast: FOMC raises rates and keeps the door open for more
- Summertime spending to keep growth going
- Inflation declines sharply in June: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: What’s on tap for inflation in the second half of 2023?
- Labor market finally cools off: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Home sales still limited on the supply side: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: Mid-year Health Check
- Resiliency of spending, hiring keeping a recession at bay
- Podcast: How are business owners feeling in today’s economy?
- Service sector showing some cracks, too: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Solid labor market cures many ails for the economy but can’t last forever
- Podcast: What’s the Fed’s next move?
- Podcast: How busy will the travel season be?
- Spending still too hot and debt-limit negotiations continue: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Elevated inflation, bank failures in tug-of-war over Fed policy
- Consumer spending picked up in April: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- As economic pressures mount, investors are re-evaluating their financial priorities
- Could the recent rate hike be the final increase of the year?
- Growth trends lower but little imminent sign of a downturn
- Leading indicators and weak corporate earnings reflect a slowing economy: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Businesses are starting to tap the brakes on growth
- Weaker consumer demand helping to cool inflation: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Podcast: The Fed delivers a dovish rate increase
- Further slowing of economic activity as Fed rate hikes bite: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Inflation slows, but price pressures remain elevated for services: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Data still strong, but bank stress complicates the Fed’s mission
- The Fed raises rates again but indicates the banking industry will be closely monitored: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Banking crisis overshadowed the data, but inflation remains persistently elevated: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Cooler trends, but only modestly so
- Job gains still strong, but labor supply and wage trends should be encouraging for the Fed: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Flow of positive data continues: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook
- Indicators suggest economy is still running hot: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook