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The Pace team is 80 percent women and has members from around the country, and as far as China.

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The ����vlog����Ƶ Federal Reserve Challenge Team made history at the winning the national title for the fifth time. With the win earlier this month, Pace now has won five of the last eight competitions and has the most victories of any team in the history of the Federal Reserve College Challenge, surpassing Harvard University����vlog����Ƶ�s four titles.

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Captained by economics students Yuwei (Winnie) Liu ����vlog����Ƶ�22 and Fiona Waterman ����vlog����Ƶ�22, the Pace team is 80 percent women ����vlog����Ƶ� no other team in the country has more than 20 percent ����vlog����Ƶ� and is made up of students from as far as Beijing, China, and Boulder, Colorado, and as close as Staten Island and Fishkill, N.Y.

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The team received academic guidance from Weinstock and Economics Professor Greg Colman, PhD, with support from Distinguished Professor of Economics Joseph Morreale and Associate Professor of Economics Annya Shostya, PhD.

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Captains Liu (Beijing, China) and Waterman (Boulder, Colorado) are joined on the team by the following Dyson College students:

• Christopher Beck ����vlog����Ƶ�22 Economics, Staten Island, N.Y. ;
• Gianni Campanaro ����vlog����Ƶ�22, Business Economics, Staten Island, N.Y.;
• Casey Cloutier ����vlog����Ƶ�22, Economics and Modern Languages and Cultures, Niagara Falls, N.Y.;
• Stephanie Ertel ����vlog����Ƶ�22, Economics, Fishkill, N.Y.;
• and Kate Fong ����vlog����Ƶ�23, Economics, Orange County, CA.

The Pace team was one of six that advanced to the final round from the pool of 18 teams from across the country that qualified for the national competition. The University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College, both Ivy League institutions, finished in second and third place, respectively, with George Washington University, UCLA, and the University of Wisconsin earning honorable mentions.

Each team in the national round was required to record a 15-minute presentation analyzing elements of the United States economy, including areas like GDP and unemployment, and provide monetary policy recommendations for the Federal Reserves����vlog����Ƶ� balance sheet and interest rates. The teams then participated in a live, .

����vlog����Ƶ�This experience is invaluable,����vlog����Ƶ� said Weinstock. ����vlog����Ƶ�It gets students who are passionate about this work close to the action. It teaches them to defend their thinking, be cool under pressure, and clearly communicate verbally and in writing, all skills that will serve them well in their future professions.����vlog����Ƶ�

To advance to the national tournament, Pace won the First Round Regional Competition, which was held virtually on Sunday, October 24, featuring more than 30 teams from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The winners were announced on Nov. 10, 2021.

This story has been updated: A previous version of this story had incorrect information relating to the time period over which Pace had won the Fed Challenge. Pace has won five of the last eight years.

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About Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

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