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AMY CREWS CUTTSFreddie Mac Deputy Chief Economist

Amy Crews Cutts was appointed to the position deputy chief economist for Freddie Mac in January 2003. In this position, Cutts is responsible for primary and secondary mortgage market analysis and research, macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. She is also involved in the analysis of affordable lending activities, fair-housing policy, foreclosure prevention and other policy issues affecting housing and mortgage markets.

Cutts is a frequent and sought after guest expert on both national and local TV and radio outlets, and is an acclaimed speaker at professional and academic conferences around the country. Cutts is also often quoted in the national print media as an expert on the subject of housing economics. She has published numerous studies in academic journals and books on such topics as the economics of subprime lending, the impact of technology on foreclosure prevention, and the market for multifamily mortgages.

Cutts came to Freddie Mac in 1997 after serving as assistant professor of economics and senior researcher in the Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where she did research on housing policy, income distribution and poverty, specializing in cross-national comparisons. She has also taught economics at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia.

Cutts serves on the Board of Directors of the International Conservatory of Music, the Financial Advisory Board for the City of Washington, DC, and Policy Advisory Board of The Reinvestment Fund. She is a member of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the American Economics Association. Cutts is a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia.

Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation established by Congress in 1970 to create a continuous flow of funds to mortgage lenders in support of homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac purchases mortgages from lenders and packages them into securities that are sold to investors. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one in six homebuyers in America and nearly four million renters.

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09/05