Economic Insights – Rising Rates and the National Debt
Status of the national debt in an environment of rising interest rates.
Your Instructor
Michael Pugliese is a vice president and economist with Wells Fargo’s Corporate and Investment Bank. Based in New York City, Michael covers the U.S. economy with a primary focus on the labor market, inflation, monetary policy and fiscal policy. Michael plays a lead role in producing the economics team’s U.S. and international interest rate forecasts. His work has been published in academic journals and cited by major media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Politico and Bloomberg News. Michael’s contributions have been recognized in two books: The New York Times best seller "The Kennedy Half-Century" and "Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era".
Previously, Michael worked as a research analyst under Dr. Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and was a presidential fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress.
Michael graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in economics and a second major in American government. He earned a M.A. in economics from New York University.