Hey there! I’m Dr. Alfredo A. Romero, an associate professor of Economics at North Carolina A&T State University, founder and CEO of Impact Analytics, a member of the panel of economic forecaster of the Wall Street Journal and a guest forecaster for the Survey of Professional Forecasters of the Philadelphia Fed. My research focuses on the ebb and flow of foreign direct investment and its connections to growth, culture, and inequality; the yield curve and its relationship to unemployment and inflation; and the dynamics of self-employment during recessions