Norbert Michel

Norbert J. Michel

Former Director, Center for Data Analysis

Norbert Michel studied and wrote about financial markets and monetary policy, including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

This expert is no longer a staff member at The Heritage Foundation.

Norbert J. Michel was the director of Heritage's Center for Data Analysis, where he specialized on issues pertaining to financial markets and monetary policy. He edited, and contributed chapters, to two books published by Heritage: The Case Against Dodd–Frank: How the “Consumer Protection” Law Endangers Americans, and Prosperity Unleashed: Smarter Financial Regulation.

 

Before rejoining Heritage in 2013, Michel was a tenured professor at Nicholls State University’s College of Business, teaching finance, economics and statistics. His earlier stint at Heritage was as a tax policy analyst in the think tank’s Center for Data Analysis from 2002 to 2005. He previously was with the global energy company Entergy, where he built a logistic regression model to help predict bankruptcies of commercial clients. His work allowed Entergy to better monitor monetary losses caused by customers’ delinquent payments.

 

Michel holds a doctoral degree in financial economics from the University of New Orleans. He received his bachelor of business administration degree in finance and economics from Loyola University. He currently resides in Alexandria, VA.

COLLECTION

Prosperity Unleashed

Feb 28, 2017

REPORT

The Case Against Dodd–Frank

Norbert Michel

Apr 26, 2016 1 min read

Commentary

Part 2: New FHFA Capital Rule Is a Great First Step Toward Financial Sanity Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jul 30, 2020 10 min read

Commentary

County-Level COVID-19 Tracker

Jul 29, 2020 1 min read

Commentary

New FHFA Capital Rule Is a Great First Step Toward Financial Sanity Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jul 27, 2020 5 min read

Commentary

The CFPB’s New QM Rule Proposal Is a Long-Term Loser for Consumers Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jul 17, 2020 6 min read

Commentary

Commentary

Senators Trying to Add Beneficial Ownership Requirements to Latest NDAA Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jul 3, 2020 8 min read

Commentary

Digital Dollar Project Promotes Federal Reserve Digital Dollar Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jun 23, 2020 7 min read

Commentary

Fed Main Street Lending Program Already in Trouble, Likely to Get Worse Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jun 10, 2020 7 min read