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Ann Owen, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, directed a mentoring workshop for junior female economists at top liberal arts colleges and other institutions that do not offer an economics Ph.D.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, participated in an American Public Media Marketplace segment titled “Some economists think technology might be slowing inflation” on June 21.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, participated in an American Public Media Marketplace segment titled “The administration has based its budget on 3 percent GDP. What happens if we don’t get there?” on May 25.

In one of many interviews on American Public Media’s Marketplace program, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed what regulators might consider when making changes to the Dodd-Frank financial reform law in a segment titled “How small is too big to fail?” on Feb. 16.

Assistant Professor of Economics Javier Pereira presented a paper and chaired a panel at the annual international meeting of the Western Economic Association in Santiago, Chile.

The 2016 presidential election, the Broadway musical Hamilton, financial aid, career placement and diversity issues: these were topics for which the media sought interviews and quotes from Hamilton experts.

Immediately following the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 14 announcement of its first rate hike since 2006, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed the decision on National Public Radio’s Here & Now program during a live interview.

Hamilton’s Fed Challenge team earned an Honorable Mention at the semi-final competition held at the New York Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan on Friday, Nov. 18.

Hamilton students advanced to the semi-finals in the Fed Challenge after competing in the preliminary round at the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

In her seventh interview on American Public Media’s Marketplace program in a year, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed the recent surge in consumer spending in April. The increase was the largest in more than six years, due in large part to hefty spending on durable goods. Owen said that the “glass half full interpretation” would be that people are feeling more confident and are willing to make big purchases.