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Bluford (Blu) H. Putnam, Ph.D.Chief Economist and Managing Director, Strategic Intelligence & Analytics, CME GroupBlu Putnam is the Chief Economist and Managing Director of the Intelligence & Analytics team at CME Group, the operator of futures and options exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, the New York Mercantile Exchange, and COMEX. He is responsible for leading economic analysis on global financial, commodity, and agricultural markets, analyzing client and competitor activity, and managing a team of data scientists. He also serves as CME Group's spokesperson on global economic conditions and manages external research initiatives.Blu’s career has ranged from central banking to investment research to portfolio management. Blu regularly publishes research reports on the global economy and markets, as well as providing video and podcast content for CME’s web site. Blu earned his Ph.D. in economics from Tulane University in New Orleans. He has five books on international finance and portfolio management to his credit as well as many academic articles, in such journals as The American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, American Statistical Association, and the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, among others.