Brian Wesbury is the Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors LP. Previously, he was Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee in Washington, DC. Beginning in January 1995, this Committee provided information for members of the US Congress regarding policy decision-making and economic growth objectives. On the Committee, Wesbury directed and advised committee members and members of congress on policy matters and relating to the United States and other nations.
Brian is a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and for five years served as an adjunct professor of economics at Wheaton College. He holds a his BA in Economics from the University of Montana, attended Northwestern University for graduate level business studies, and received his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.