Leo Feler, Ph.D.

Leo Feler, Ph.D., is Chief Economist at Numerator, a consumer research firm, and Visiting Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He regularly briefs c-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies on the state of the US consumer and implications of policy changes on consumer behavior and the US economy. Leo research focuses on understanding how consumers react to changing economic conditions and together with economists at the Federal Reserve, he developed a “Better Way of Understanding the US Consumer.” He is featured regularly in popular media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time Magazine, CNN, NBC News, and CBS News.  Leo has been a keynote speaker at several conferences around the world, including presentations with Unilever, Hershey, Coca-Cola, Post Consumer Brands, Reynolds Consumer Products, and many other consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies.