Senior Economist, Global
The Conference Board
Erik Lundh is Senior Global Economist for The Conference Board Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, where he focuses on monitoring global economic developments and overseeing the organization’s global forecasts and the Economy Watch webcast. His research focuses on the structural drivers of global growth. He also manages several key datasets, including the Total Economy Database™ and the forward-looking Global Economic Outlook.
Lundh joined The Conference Board in 2016 as a China economist and, from 2019 to 2024, led much of the organization’s work on the US economy. Prior to that, he spent five years at Evercore ISI as Director of China Research, working closely with institutional investors. Earlier in his career, he served as an economic analyst at the US International Development Finance Corporation, the US-China Economic & Security Review Commission, and the US-Taiwan Business Council.
Lundh’s work has been featured by prominent US and international media outlets, including FOX Business, Bloomberg, CNN, Yahoo Finance, TD Ameritrade, Barron’s, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal.
He holds a BA in economics and international relations from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management.