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STUART G. HOFFMAN
CHIEF ECONOMIST
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP 

Stuart G. Hoffman is senior vice president and chief economist for The PNC 
Financial Services Group serving as the principal spokesperson on all 
economic issues for PNC. Hoffman has been recognized as one of the most
accurate economic and interest rate forecasters in the prestigious Wall 
Street Journal economic survey covering the 1988 to 2014 period. 

Hoffman joined PNC in 1980 after a six-year tenure with the Federal 
Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He became vice president and senior economist 
for PNC in 1987 and was elected senior vice president and chief economist 
in 1991. 

He is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, 
Financial Times and Barron’s. He is a regular guest on CNBC and 
Bloomberg TV. In addition, he is regularly interviewed by the Associated 
Press and Reuter’s news wire services and NPR. 

Hoffman is past president and lifetime member of the American Bankers 
Economic Advisory Committee, which meets regularly with the Federal 
Reserve Board of Governors chaired by Janet Yellen. He also serves on the
board of directors of The Economic Club of Pittsburgh - the local chapter of 
National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Hoffman is a past 
president of the National Association for Business Economics. 

Hoffman is a 1971 graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He received a 
master's degree in 1973 and a doctorate degree in economics in 1975, both
from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a Charles Phelps Taft 
Memorial Fellow. In 2004, the University of Cincinnati honored him as a 
Distinguished Alumnus and in 2011 presented him with The Carl Lindner 
Award for Outstanding Business Achievement.