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Phil Levy

Chief Economist, Flexport

Dr. Phil Levy is Chief Economist at Flexport where he leads qualitative and quantitative economic research informed by public policy data and proprietary data. Dr. Levy’s research informs the market on global trade trends and helps Flexport teams make product and business strategy decisions to best serve clients. Before Flexport, Dr. Levy spent two decades researching and forming global trade policy. He served as Senior Fellow on the Global Economy at Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Adjunct Professor of Strategy at Northwestern Kellogg. Previously, Dr. Levy served on the President’s Council of Economic Advisors as Senior Economist for Trade and as a member of the policy planning staff for the U.S. Department of State. He has testified before numerous congressional committees and has written regularly for Forbes, The Hill, and Foreign Policy. He has also taught global economic policy and international trade at Georgetown, Columbia, the University of Virginia, and Yale. Phil holds a Ph.D in Economics from Stanford University.

Phil's Posts

  • Five Reasons Why Today’s Economic Climate Is Actually the Calm Before the Storm

    July 22, 2020

    Five Reasons Why Today’s Economic Climate Is Actually the Calm Before the Storm

  • Concerns Rise Over Possible Trade War Second Wave

    July 1, 2020

    Concerns Rise Over Possible Trade War Second Wave

  • Latest Jobs Report Spurs Optimism and Caution—And a Dose of Reality

    June 5, 2020

    Latest Jobs Report Spurs Optimism and Caution—And a Dose of Reality

  • Oil’s Wild Ride

    April 28, 2020

    Oil’s Wild Ride Amidst the Global Economic Turmoil of COVID-19

  • Global Supply Chains Come Under Scrutiny

    April 9, 2020

    Global Supply Chains Come Under Scrutiny

  • COVID-19: China Trade Recovery Index—March 26

    March 26, 2020

    COVID-19: China Trade Recovery Index—March 26

  • COVID-19: China Trade Recovery Index—March 20

    March 20, 2020

    COVID-19: China Trade Recovery Index—March 20

  • Coronavirus and the China Supply Chain through the Lens of Data

    March 3, 2020

    Coronavirus and the China Supply Chain through the Lens of Data

  • Coronavirus Update: Supply Chain and Economic Impacts—Week of Februrary 24

    February 27, 2020

    Coronavirus Update: Supply Chain and Economic Impacts—Week of February 24

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