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The Citibank Challenge<br />
In February, the Economics Department hosted<br />
the Citibank Challenge—a competition that<br />
invited teams of our students to present an<br />
evaluation of U.S. economic policy during and<br />
after the Covid-19 pandemic. Six teams submitted<br />
entries from which three finalists made<br />
presentations.<br />
The judges included David Andolfatto, chair of<br />
the economics department, Dr. Miguel Iraola,<br />
faculty member and program director for the<br />
economics department, and Nick Van Stedum, a<br />
corporate banker and UM recruiter at Citibank.<br />
Also, in attendance were Blessing Utomi a<br />
corporate recruiter at Citibank, David Spigelman,<br />
the faculty advisor for the Econ Club, Patty Ruiz,<br />
the president of the Econ Club, as well as other<br />
members of the executive board of the Econ<br />
Club.<br />
All three teams presented their cases brilliantly,<br />
placing the judges in a difficult position. In the<br />
end, the best presentation was awarded to<br />
Antonio Pacheco and Kyle Pearson, both juniors in<br />
finance. We are happy to report, however, that<br />
every team came out a winner!
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