Nikolaj Schmidt is a chief global economist in the Fixed Income Division of T. Rowe Price. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, he worked as a director of Economic Research at Pharo Management. Nikolaj also held a position at Goldman Sachs and the Danish Ministry of Finance. He earned a master's degree in finance and economics at the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science.