Keen earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Rutgers University in 1970, followed by a Master of Arts in economics from Bryn Mawr College in 1974. He completed a Ph.D. in economics at Bryn Mawr College in 1979. His doctoral dissertation, “Implicit Interest on Demand Deposits: Do Nonpecuniary Payments Make a Difference?”, examined the economic significance of nonpecuniary benefits associated with demand deposits.
Keen began his professional career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, serving successively as a research assistant from 1970 to 1973, a research analyst from 1974 to 1976, and an economist from 1976 to 1981. His Federal Reserve work included research and analysis of banking, financial markets, regional economic conditions, and forecasting; during this period he also contributed articles to the Bank's Business Review and related research publications. In 1981 he joined Conrail, first serving as corporation economist through 1984 and then as chief economist from 1984 through 1998. In that role he contributed economic analysis and forecasting to a major transportation corporation and became active in professional business-economics organizations. He worked as a self-employed entrepreneur from 1999 to 2001. Beginning in 2000, he joined Temple University's Fox School of Business as an assistant professor of finance, later listed by the school as an assistant professor of instruction. At Temple he has taught financial markets, financial management, corporate finance, and money and fixed-income markets, while also coordinating courses, advising students, mentoring faculty and doctoral students, and participating in curriculum development and university governance.
Built a career spanning central-bank research, corporate economic analysis, economic forecasting, and university finance education.
Provided economic leadership as chief economist of Conrail from 1984 to 1998.
Contributed to the development of finance education through extensive teaching, course coordination, curriculum redesign, student advising, mentoring, and professional service at Temple University.
Using Composite Models to Reduce Forecast Errors: The Case of New Automobile Sales 1979–1983
(Article by Howard Keen on the use of composite models to ...)
1984Who Forecasts Best: Some Evidence from the Livingston Survey
(Article by Howard Keen examining the forecasting performa...)
1981Summary Measures of Economic Policy and Credit Conditions as Early Warning Forecasting Tools
(Article by Howard Keen on economic-policy and credit-cond...)
1985Use of Weekly and Other Monthly Data as Predictors of the Industrial Production Index
(Article by Howard Keen on the predictive use of weekly an...)
1988Leading Economic Indicators Can Be Misleading
(Article by Howard Keen published in The Journal of Busine...)
1984Economists and Their Forecasts: Have Projections Been That Bad?
(Article by Howard Keen published in Business Economics.)
1987Making a Difference in the Firm
(Article by Howard Keen published in Business Economics.)
1998The Changing Competition for Retail Deposits
(Article by Howard Keen published in Bankers' Magazine.)
1978Bank Dividend Cuts and the Aftermath
(Article by Howard Keen published in Bankers' Magazine.)
1979(Article by Howard Keen analyzing bank dividend reductions...)
1978(Article by Howard Keen examining bankers' concerns about ...)
1977(Article by Howard Keen on competition between thrift inst...)
1979(Article by Howard Keen discussing interest-rate futures a...)
1980(Article by Howard Keen on economic conditions in the Fede...)
1975(Article by Howard Keen on the regional economic recovery ...)
1976Exploring Correlates of Business Undergraduates’ Closed Versus Open Grading Assessment Learning Perceptions
(Co-authored article by Howard Keen, Gary Blau, Misty Bles...)
2017(Work by Howard Keen listed by Temple University's Fox Sch...)
2021Bond Prices and Interest Rates: Techniques for Teaching Their Inverse Relationship
(Article by Howard Keen on teaching the inverse relationsh...)
2010Clearing Up Confusion Over Calculation of Free Cash Flow
(Article by Howard Keen published in the Journal of Global...)
2011The Impact of a Dividend Cut Announcement on Bank Share Prices
(Journal article by Howard Keen published in the Journal o...)
1983(Research paper by Howard Keen, published as Federal Reser...)
1980Keen has been a member of the Conference of Business Economists and the Financial Education Association. He served as president of the Philadelphia Council of Business Economists from 1985 to 1989, as a board member of the National Association of Business Economists from 1987 to 1990, and as president of the International Association of Business Forecasting in 1996. He was also associated with the Business Council's technology consultant group and Phi Beta Kappa. In the Financial Education Association, he served on the board of directors from 2015, chaired annual conferences beginning in 2013, served as program chair for the 2016 and 2017 annual conferences, and was president from 2019 to 2020.
Professional membership.
Conference of Business Economists
Participation in the technology consultant group.
Business Council's Technology Consultant Group
Board of directors.
National Association of Business Economists
1987 - 1990
President.
Philadelphia Council of Business Economists
1985 - 1989
Membership.
Phi Beta Kappa
Board of directors; president from 2019 to 2020; program chair for the 2016 and 2017 annual conferences; chair of annual conferences beginning in 2013.
Financial Education Association
2015 - present
President.
International Association of Business Forecasting
1996 - 1996
Keen is documented as the son of Howard Keen and Helen Keen. His professional connections include the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Conrail, Temple University's Fox School of Business, the National Association of Business Economists, the Philadelphia Council of Business Economists, the International Association of Business Forecasting, and the Financial Education Association.
