Michael Pugliese is an Executive Director and Senior Economist for Wells Fargo Corporate and Investment Banking. 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. His contributions have been recognized in two books: 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 UVA Center for Politics and was a Presidential Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. He holds a BA in Economics and American Government from UVA and an MA in Economics from New York University.