St Mary's University
- Belinda Román teaches economics at a little-known university in San Antonio, Texas.
- She nailed her forecasts for 2023, at a time when much of Wall Street was predicting a recession.
- Román told BI that she's still bullish about the economy — but keeping an eye on the 2024 election.
At the start of 2023, most US economists were bracing for a recession.
They predicted a combination of red-hot inflation and sky-high interest rates would stifle growth and drive up unemployment.
An economics professor at St Mary’s University, a tiny Roman Catholic college in San Antonio, Texas, bucked the trend.