Kate Dunbar
Head of Macro & Policy Research
Kate joined Bridgewater in 2017 and is currently the Head of Macro & Policy Research and a Partner at the firm. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing and evolving Bridgewater’s estimates of growth, inflation, and their impact on global policy. Kate works closely with our co-CIOs and regularly shares her insights in the Bridgewater Daily Observations.
In 2023, Kate was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 – Finance list, and was a 2024 Millenium Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Prior to joining Bridgewater, she studied English Literature at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
More from Kate Dunbar
July 2, 2025
Without more domestic manufacturing, tariffs are likely to result in lower margins and higher prices. In Part 1 of this series, we explore the structural pressures that make growing US manufacturing so challenging.
July 10, 2025
Increasing US manufacturing will require increasing manufacturing productivity. We explore the existing technologies that can be transformative for US productivity, and what it will take for them to be applied at scale.
November 29, 2022
Bridgewater’s Macro Research Team Lead is recognized alongside other rising stars in the industry.
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