Steven Husted Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. Ph.D., Michigan State University.nbsp; Past experience includes Senior Staff Economist: Council of Economic Advisers; Visiting Scholar: International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Department of Economics and Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University; and Departments of Economics, the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde. Professor Hustedrsquo;s research interests are in international trade policy and international finance, and he has published scholarly articles inJournal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics,and other major journals. nbsp; nbsp;… Michael Melvin Head of Currency Research, Barclays Global Investers and Co-editor,Journal of International Money and Finance.Former Professor of Economics and Deanrsquo;s Council Distinguished Scholar, Arizona State University. Ph.D., UCLA. Past experience includes Visiting Scholar: Federal Reserve Board and International Monetary Fund; and Visiting Professor: Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA; Department of Economics, U.C. San Diego, and Pacific Asian Management Institute, University of Hawaii. Professor Melvinrsquo;s research interests are in international finance, and he has published scholarly articles inAmerican Economic Review, Journal of Finance,and other major journals.