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An economist and local leader working to deliver progressive solutions on transportation, housing, and climate. Check out andrewflowers.com

Quantitative Editor and Economics Writer for FiveThirtyEight.com, re-launching under ESPN

• Brief the Atlanta Fed President, Board of Directors, and other executives on current economic and financial conditions in the US and internationally: biweekly economic data reports and comprehensive outlook presentation every FOMC cycle • Wrote feature pieces for the Atlanta Fed quarterly magazine, EconSouth, on: productivity and technology trends, the Greek sovereign debt crisis, international capital controls, the 2011 global economic outlook, the 2013 US economic outlook, and the debate over austerity and fiscal multipliers.• Assisting economists in regular forecasting exercises by coding economic models in MATLAB and Python• Programmed interactive visualizations of economic data with Tableau software and the JavaScript library D3.js • Manage ~10-person analyst team to meet the needs of staff economists and produce economic reports on a weekly basis• Research specific topics in macroeconomics and finance as requested by the Director of Research, doing both quantitative data analysis and qualitative outreach to regional network of businesses• Speak regularly before large public, nonprofessional groups on topics ranging from economic forecasting, the international monetary system, the history of the Fed, and ideas for a high school economics curriculum

• Analyzed macroeconomic and financial data, produced reports for economists and policy makers at the Fed, and wrote articles on a variety of economic topics for public dissemination• Provided research assistance to economists working in macroeconomics, labor economics, and housing finance by collecting and analyzing data and performing comprehensive literature reviews

Researched trends in Chinese migration and how it's affected GDP growth.

I was a Kiva Fellow in Benin City, Nigeria, assigned to Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO), a local microfinance institution.