Victoria Guida

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and business executives.

She provides front-line reporting about the people and institutions charged with safeguarding Americans’ wealth and wellbeing, with a particular focus on the Federal Reserve.

From the dramatic shift in politics around trade to a housing affordability crisis and the looming challenge of rising government debt costs, she strives to provide policy analysis that is both sophisticated and accessible.

Victoria has spent more than a decade covering economic policy, including the yearslong battle against inflation and the government response to the 2020 Covid pandemic. She has broken news about bank failures and rescues, exposed misconduct at federal agencies, and decoded Federal Reserve pronouncements.

A Dallas native, she graduated from the University of Missouri with a double major in journalism and political science. She was previously a reporter for Inside U.S. Trade and began her career at the Charlotte Observer.