Kathryn Kobe
Director of Price, Cost and Productivity Analysis at Economic Consulting Services, LLC
Kathryn Kobe is an economist with Economic Consulting Services, LLC. Her research responsibilities include analyzing industry and company financial data and documents in support of litigation; constructing cost impact models of industries or companies and using statistical techniques to analyze the results. She helped develop and still produces the Bloomberg/BNA’s Wage Trend Indicator, which is published monthly. She testifies in interest and rights arbitrations, has testified on economic issues before the Postal Regulatory Commission, and testifies before the U.S. International Trade Commission, specializing in Section 337 proceedings. Prior to joining ECS, she was Vice President and Chief Economist for Joel Popkin and Company. She serves as a member of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Data Users Advisory Committee. In addition to being the Secretary/Treasurer of WILDS, she also is the editor of the Women in International Trade’s Communique.