Bluford putnam biography
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Bluford H. Putnam Ph.D.
CME Group
Chief Economist and Managing Director
Blu Putnam is the Chief Economist and Managing Director at CME Group, the operator of futures and options exchanges around the world.
Bluford putnam biography
He is responsible for leading economic analysis on global financial, commodity, and agricultural markets.
Blu’s career has ranged from central banking to investment research to portfolio management. When CME Group decided to create a focused Data Science team, Blu was tapped to create and lead the team over its formative years.
As the company’s chief economist, Blu regularly speaks at industry conferences, publishes research reports on the global economy and markets, as well as providing video content for CME’s web site. Blu earned his Ph.D. in economics from Tulane University in New Orleans.
He has six books on international finance and portfolio management to his credit as well as many academic articles, in such journals as The Americ