Jared Franz is an economist at Capital Group, responsible for covering the United States and Latin America. He has 16 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for seven years. Prior to joining Capital, Jared was head of international macroeconomic research at Hartford Investment Management Company. Before that, he was an international and U.S. economist at T. Rowe Price. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northwestern University. He is also a member of the Forecasters Club of New York, the National Association of Business Economics and elected member of Conference of Business Economists. Jared is based in Los Angeles.