Consumer behavior, macroeconomics, foresting, household surveys, big data, fiscal stimulus, Federal Reserve, individuals’ expectations and preferences

Claudia Sahm is a director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She is also a Member of the Conference of Research in Income Wealth, the American Economic Association, and the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession (CSWEP). Previously, she was a section chief in the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs at the Federal Reserve Board, where she oversaw the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking. She completed her PhD in Economics at the University of Michigan in 2007 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Political Science, and German from Denison University. Claudia is also the founder of Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Consulting and a regular opinion writer at Bloomberg and the New York Times.