Richard Cross, PhD

Director, Quantitative Research Group

Richard is the Director of the Quantitative Research Group at Moody's Analytics, responsible for numerous analytical productivity and data quality initiatives. He designs, implements, and operates systems that apply lean manufacturing principles to data production. Prior to Moody’s Analytics, he was a consultant with McKinsey. He has a PhD and an MS in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, and an SB in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT.

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Economic Data: Moody's Analytics provides comprehensive economic data solutions, demographic & financial data at the national & regional level. Find out more about economic data.

Economic Forecasts: Moody's Analytics provides comprehensive macro & regional economic forecasts to help clients from various industries assess potential economic outcomes.

Economic Scenarios: Moody's Analytics provides internally & globally consistent economic, regulatory, and custom scenarios. Explore the economic scenarios tool.

Economic Workstations: Moody's Analytics provides powerful workstations for economic forecasting, data, & economic analytics. Deliver economic data in ways that meet your needs.

TOPICS

Scenario Generation: Mathematical model simulating possible paths of economic and financial market variables.

Published Work

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When Good Data Happen to Good People: Boosting Productivity with High-Quality Data

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When Good Data Happen to Good People: Boosting Productivity with High-Quality Data

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