Ethan Harris

Ethan Harris led global economics research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for many years, building a team that covered US, European, Asian, and emerging market economics. His research spanned Federal Reserve policy, global growth cycles, and cross-country economic comparisons. BofA's economics research under his leadership was consistently among the most widely distributed on Wall Street, reaching institutional fixed income and equity managers globally. Harris is known for data-driven analysis and for making global macro concepts accessible to investment professionals. His team's work on labor market dynamics, productivity trends, and the transmission of monetary policy tightening provided institutional investors with a rigorous framework for assessing equity and bond market risk across different economic scenarios.