Carnegie Mellon University

Craig Epstein

Craig Epstein

Class of 2025

Bio

Craig Epstein graduated from the University of Virginia in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (High Distinction) and a Minor in Math. He then joined the Macroeconomic Research Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for two years. As a research assistant at the Fed, he co-authored a Fed Letter describing the drivers of the price of gold, created an automated data processing program, and implemented a method to generate inflation forecasts with improved precision. Craig joined the CMU MSCF in 2023 as a Squarepoint Fellow and hopes to pursue a career in quantitative research.