NFIB Chief Economist William C. Dunkelberg
NFIB Chief Economist since 1971, Bill Dunkelberg serves as professor of Economics at the School of Business and Management, Temple University, where he was dean from 1987 through 1994 and also director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of Entrepreneurship from 1991 through 1994. Dunkelberg's prior appointments were at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University (Professor of Management and Economics and Associate Director, Credit Research Center), the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (Associate professor of Business Economics) and the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan (Study Director, Economic Behavior Program).
Dunkelberg is a nationally known authority on small business, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior and consumer credit and government policy. He was reported by the New York Times to be one of four final candidates for vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1981, served as an advisor to the secretary of Commerce, and was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve System in 1989. He is a past president and a fellow of the National Association of Business Economists. He was appointed to the Census Advisory Committee representing the American Economic Association in 1992 and again in 1995 (serving as chair) and served on the board of The National Bureau of Economic Research from 1996 to 1999. He is an elected member of the Conference of Business Economists and the National Business Economic Issues Council.
Dunkelberg has presented expert testimony before the U.S. House and Senate on consumer credit, inflation, tax reform, the minimum wage, small business, electronic funds transfer systems, energy efficiency standards, health care and monetary and fiscal policy. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs, "Good Morning America" and numerous local news and business TV and radio shows. He is frequently quoted in major news publications including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, Grants Interest Rate Observer, USA Today, Time, the Washington Post and Newsweek and serves on the economic forecasting panels for USA Today, Business Week and Fortune. He has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles and writes a monthly small business economic report for NFIB. He has a radio show on WPHT 1210 AM Philadelphia, and his editorials have been carried by KYW News Radio for nine years.
Dunkelberg received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He serves on the boards of NCO Group, Active-e Solutions, Penn Tackle Mfg., Made4me.com (founder), the Global Interdependence Center (Chair), the Credit Research Center (Georgetown Univ.), the Commonwealth Foundation, the International Visitors Council, The Ben Franklin Innovation Investment Advisory Committee, the Laboratory for Student Success, and the Pennsylvania Council on Economic Education.
