Brian Dew
Data Analyst
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Dew is a data analyst and economist in Washington, DC with nine years of experience applying empirical methods to U.S. labor markets, trade, and open-economy macroeconomics. He runs BD Economics, an open-source repository that includes the widely referenced US Chartbook and tools like bd CPS for working with economic data APIs. His background includes policy-focused roles at the IMF and CEPR, where he built macroeconomic statistics scorecards, maintained data platforms, and supported research dissemination. Brian combines hands-on data engineering and reproducible research with practical program management—having coordinated IMF training programs and earned multiple awards for program guidance. He frequently publishes code and notes that make complex datasets accessible to researchers and policymakers. Outside typical analyst work, he blends network-analysis approaches with trade and labor research, yielding insights used by management and practitioners.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics at American UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at The George Washington University
Github Skills (13)
microdata10
pdf10
data-api10
latex10
acs10
economic-data10
cps10
python10
financial-data10
charts10
uniform2
rotation2
survey2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bdecon/econ_data
Sep 2017 - Sep 2022
Python 3 examples of using economic data APIs and working with economic microdata. Includes bd CPS.
Contributions:294 commits, 283 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
data-apimicrodatapythonecon-datacps
bdecon/US-chartbook
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Automated PDF containing charts, tables, maps, and analysis of the US economy
Contributions:723 commits, 784 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
pdfeconomic-datafinancial-datamarketscharts
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