Wendy Edelberg
Director - The Hamilton Project Senior. Fellow - Economic Studies at Brookings Institution
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Brookings Institution
Wendy Edelberg is the director of The Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Edelberg joined Brookings in 2020, after more than fifteen years in the public sector. Most recently, she was Chief Economist at the Congressional Budget Office. Prior to working at CBO, Edelberg was the executive director of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which released its report on the causes of the financial crisis in January 2011. Previously, she worked on issues related to macroeconomics, housing, and consumer spending at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during two administrations. Before that, she worked on those same issues at the Federal Reserve Board.
Edelberg is a macroeconomist whose research has spanned a wide range of topics, from household spending and saving decisions, to the economic effects of fiscal policy, to systemic risks in the financial system. In addition, at CBO and the Federal Reserve Board, she worked on forecasting the macroeconomy. Since 2019, she has served as a member of the Australian Treasury Expert Panel, providing input to the Australian Treasury on forecasting issues. Edelberg received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. from Columbia University.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D (2003), Economics, University of Chicago
- M.B.A. (1997), Econometrics & Finance, University of Chicago
- B.A. (1993), Economics, Columbia University
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