Jordan Levine is a Senior Research Associate at Beacon Economics. Mr. Levine specializes in forecasting key economic indicators such as real output, employment, demographics, home prices, consumer spending, and new construction. He has extensive background and experience analyzing the national economy including gross domestic product, international trade, the money, credit and banking sectors, employment and labor force, and real estate markets.

Since joining Beacon Economics, Mr. Levine has expanded his expertise to include sub-regional analysis in California. He regularly produces detailed economic reports for metropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities, and sub-city areas. He plays an active role in the firm’s major consulting projects including conducting economic analysis for the Office of the California State Controller, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and Paulson & Co., Inc. He also regularly authors the “Demographics” chapters of Beacon Economics’ Regional Forecast Books, detailed analyses of the demographic and economic trends occurring in regions across California.

Prior to joining Beacon Economics, Mr. Levine was an analyst with Quant Economics Inc., where he studied and predicted the economic effects alleged in business disputes for a wide variety of clients. Projects he managed while at Quant helped to discover hundreds of millions in monetary damages for his clients.

Mr. Levine’s academic background includes an emphasis in international trade, monetary economics, and micro/macroeconomic analysis. His research on the manufacturing industry resulted in an innovative technique to measure the effect of global trade on U.S. employment. He is a member of the American Economics Association, the Econometrics Society, and the National Association of Business Economics.

Mr. Levine holds an M.A. in International Economics with Merit from the University of Sussex and a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.