Geoff Somes is a vice president with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) in Boston and is Senior Economist within State Street's Economics team. He has worked closely with SSgA Chief Economist Christopher Probyn since 2005, forecasting and analyzing economic events in the global economy and evaluating their impact on financial markets. His research focuses on the US, the UK, Canada and Australia.
Mr. Somes has been a professional economist since 1991. Previously, he was senior economist with FleetBoston Financial Group in Boston and was director of Macroeconomic Forecasting with consulting firm Economy.com in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He also spent time in public service as a financial economist with the US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., working on banking policy.
Mr. Somes received his Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction in economics from Connecticut College in New London, and his master’s degree in economic policy from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in monetary theory and econometric analysis from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where he has also done doctoral work.
