Sustained high inflation, stoked further by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is weighing on consumers, threading the economy with new risks.
Join economists and analysts from Moody's Investors Service and Moody’s Analytics as we discuss our take on the latest slew of macroeconomic data, including the impacts along various demographics (e.g., age, race, and education), as well as look through our credit risk lens, this time focusing on the auto sector.
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SpeakersMarisa DiNatale Head of Global Forecasting Moody's Analytics
Nicky Dang Senior Vice President, Credit Strategy and Guidance Group Moody's Ratings
Rebecca Karnovitz Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Sustainable Finance Moody’s Ratings
Rene Lipsch Associate Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings
Bernard Yaros jr Assistant Director - Economic Research Moody's Analytics
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Marisa DiNatale is a Senior Director and Head of Global Forecasting at Moody’s. Marisa oversees all forecasting and publication operations in the Economics group within Predictive Analytics at Moody’s. Her areas of specialization and research are U.S. labor markets, household balance sheets and credit, and international economics. She is a cohost of the Moody’s weekly podcast “Inside Economics”. Marisa started her career as a labor economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, DC. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Boston University.
Jingjing (Nicky) Dang is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Guidance Group. Based in Shanghai, Nicky is responsible for covering a portfolio of China’s regional and local governments and market outreach on enhancing the transparency of relevant methodologies. She also focuses on China credit-related research and market outreach, and drives and coordinates research and credit-related initiatives covering major regional credit events.
Nicky joined Moody’s New York office in February 2007 as an Associate Analyst. She was the lead analyst on various Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) transactions in the Structured Finance Group. Prior to joining Moody’s Shanghai in February 2023, Nicky was an Associate Managing Director and the head of the Consumer ABS New Ratings Americas team, which covers credit card, auto, student loan, personal loan, timeshares and other consumer related ABS sectors.
Nicky holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from New York University and a BA in Economics from Beijing Technology and Business University. She is also a CFA charterholder.
Rebecca is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Sustainable Finance group, where she leads thought leadership on the impact of environmental, social and governance factors on credit and capital markets. In her role, Rebecca is responsible for the coordination and execution of the Sustainable Finance group’s thematic research program and market outreach activities. She also serves as a visible subject matter expert to internal and external stakeholders and supports outreach and engagement with strategic partners.
Prior to joining the ESG team, Rebecca was a member of the Strategy and Research team at MIS, where she led cross-sector research and analytics on the credit implications of key macroeconomic and policy developments in North America. Rebecca first joined Moody’s in 2011 as an associate analyst in the Sovereign Risk Group.
She holds a dual Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University (SIPA), in New York, and Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), in Paris, as well as a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Rene Lipsch is an Associate Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s Ratings, where he heads the US Automotive, Transportation & Capital Goods team.
Prio to his current role, Rene was a Senior Vice President in the same group, with responsibility for a portfolio of investment-grade and high-yield US automotive and capital goods issuers, following earlier coverage of the transportation sector.
Before joining Moody’s in 2013, Rene spent nine years in investment banking in London, working in Equity Capital Markets at Credit Suisse and in Corporate Finance at Merrill Lynch. Earlier in his career, he was a Dutch and international tax advisor with Loyens & Loeff in Rotterdam and Hong Kong.
Rene holds an M.Sc. in Finance from London Business School and a M.Sc. in Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
Bernard Yaros is an assistant director and economist at Moody’s Analytics focused primarily on federal fiscal policy. He is responsible for maintaining the Moody’s Analytics forecast models for federal government fiscal conditions and presidential elections, as well as providing real-time economic analysis on fiscal policy developments coming out of Capitol Hill. Besides fiscal policy, Bernard is the analyst for Puerto Rico. Bernard holds an MSc in international trade, finance and development from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a BA in political economy from Williams College.