Kim A. Rupert is Managing Director, Global Fixed Income Analysis for Action Economics, LLC. Previously she was Senior Economist and Managing Director of Treasury Market analysis for MMS International. She joined MMS International as a Fedwatcher and Treasury market analyst in 1982 and helped develop MMS's Weekly Survey, which became widely followed as the "market consensus." With over 20 years experience in analyzing the markets and Fedwatching, Kim's views have been cited in numerous publications and newswires, including in the New York Times, WSJ, Business Week, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Dow Jones Telerate. She has also appeared on CNNfn and Reuters TV. Kim earned her B.S. in economics from Santa Clara University and attended graduate school in economics at the University of Virginia. She was also adjunct professor of economics at Santa Clara University.