Claudia Sahm is a well-known Washington-based expert on monetary and fiscal policy and forecasting. She has several years of experience advising decision-makers at the Federal Reserve, White House, and Congress. She created a highly accurate recession indicator, the Sahm rule. Sahm is the founder of Sahm Consulting and Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Substack. Previously, she was a section chief at the Federal Reserve and a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Sahm holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan (2007), and a bachelor’s degree in economics, political science, and German from Denison University (1998).