Sung Won Sohn (Korean: 손성원; born 1944) is a Korean-born American economist, noted for his skill in economic forecasting.
[2] On the White House Council, he was responsible for economic and legislative matters pertaining to the Federal Reserve and financial markets.
[2] He remained with the bank through various name changes and mergers, as it became Norwest Corporation and then purchased Wells Fargo in 1998, and rose to the position of Executive Vice President and chief economist.
[2] In 2016, Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed to Sohn to LACERS board (which manages $23 billion in employee pension fund) where he is the chairman of the Investment Committee.
In 2006, the Wall Street Journal featured a story naming Sohn as the most accurate economist in the United States.
In 2004, a Bloomberg Markets magazine survey ranked Sohn as the U.S.' second-best GDP forecaster for the 12 months ending in June 2004.