Economists

The Economic Research Department includes PhD economists, associate economists, economic analysts, and research associates who are recent graduates from colleges across the country. The department also has an active visitor program. Below are lists of our current Economists, visiting researchers, and management team, as well as information about our Research Associate Program.


Careers

Join a diverse team of economists, cash processors, bank supervisors, cloud engineers, and more.

Regis Barnichon

Senior Research Advisor, Microeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Applied econometrics, Labor


Michael Bauer

Michael Bauer

Senior Research Advisor, Financial Research
Monetary economics, Asset pricing, Climate finance


Leila Bengali

Leila Bengali

Regional Policy Economist, Macro Analysis and Economic Geography
Applied micro, Regional analysis, Consumer decisionmaking


Jens Christensen

Jens Christensen

Research Advisor, Financial Research
Finance, Credit risk, Term structure


Vasco Cúrdia

Vasco Cúrdia

Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Time series econometrics


Mary C. Daly

Mary C. Daly

President and Chief Executive Officer
Monetary and fiscal policy, Macro-labor economics, Labor market dynamics


Evgeniya Duzhak

Evgeniya Duzhak

Regional Policy Economist, Macro Analysis and Economic Geography
Macroeconomic and regional analysis, Education, Econometrics


Andrew Foerster

Andrew Foerster

Senior Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Econometrics


Stephie Fried

Research Advisor, Sustainable Growth Research
Climate change, Economic growth, Macroeconomics


Òscar Jordà

Òscar Jordà

Senior Policy Advisor
Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Monetary economics


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Marianna Kudlyak

Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Macrolabor, Consumer finance


Simon Kwan

Senior Research Advisor, Financial Research
Financial economics, Supervision and regulation, Financial stability


Kevin Lansing

Kevin Lansing

Senior Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Asset pricing


Sylvain Leduc

Sylvain Leduc

Executive Vice President and Director of Research
Monetary policy, Business cycles, and International finance


Huiyu Li

Huiyu Li

Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Growth, Productivity, Firm dynamics


Zheng Liu

Zheng Liu

Vice President, International Research, and Director, Center for Pacific Basin Studies
Macro, Money, Chinese Economy


Thomas Mertens

Thomas Mertens

Vice President, Financial Research
Finance, Macroeconomics, and International finance


John Mondragon

John Mondragon

Research Advisor, Financial Research


Joan Monras

Joan Monras

Research Advisor, Macro Analysis and Economic Geography


Ishan Nath

Ishan Nath

Economist, Sustainable Growth Research
Climate change, International trade, Economic growth


Fernanda Nechio

Fernanda Nechio

Vice President, Sustainable Growth Research
International finance, Macroeconomics, and Climate risk


Thuy Lan Nguyen

Thuy Lan Nguyen

Research Advisor
International macroeconomics, Fiscal policy, and Macroeconomics


Pascal Paul

Pascal Paul

Research Advisor, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Applied Econometrics


Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau

Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau

Vice President, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Labor, Business cycles


Timo Reinelt

Timo Reinelt

Economist
Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Firm dynamics


Brigitte Roth Tran

Senior Economist, Sustainable Growth Research
Climate change, Applied micro, Finance


Adam Shapiro

Adam Shapiro

Vice President, Macro Analysis and Economic Geography
Industrial organization, Macroeconomics, Health care


Sanjay R. Singh

Senior Economist, International Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Economics


Mark Spiegel

Mark Spiegel

Senior Policy Advisor
International, Growth, Banking, Asian economies


Yeji Sung

Yeji Sung

Economist, Macroeconomic Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Behavioral economics


Mauricio Ulate

Mauricio Ulate

Senior Economist
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Economics


Robert G. Valletta

Robert G. Valletta

Senior Vice President and Associate Director of Research
Labor, Applied econometrics, Regional studies


Johannes Wieland

Senior Research Advisor, International Research
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Business Cycles


Daniel Wilson

Daniel Wilson

Vice President, Microeconomic Research
Public finance, Productivity, Investment


Associate Economists

Luiz Edgard Oliveira
Macroeconomic forecasting, Regional analysis

Economic Analysts

Hamza Abdelrahman
Macroeconomic forecasting, Labor economics, Regional studies

Economists Emeriti

John G. Fernald
Macroeconomics, Productivity growth, China’s economy

Reuven Glick
International trade and finance, Monetary policy, Pacific Basin economies

Visiting Researchers

Hassan Afrouzi
Columbia University

Mark Bils
University of Rochester

Nick Bloom
Stanford University

Ariel Burstein
UCLA

Sydnee Caldwell
UC Berkeley

Tamma Carleton
UC Santa Barbara

Gregory Casey
Williams College

Ryan Chahrour
Cornell University

James Cloyne
UC Davis

Martin Eichenbaum
Northwestern University

Andrea Eisfeldt
UCLA

Cecile Gaubert
UC Berkeley

Yuriy Gorodnichenko
UC Berkeley

Galina Hale
UC Santa Cruz

Gordon Hanson
Harvard University

Oleg Itskhoki
UCLA

Charles Jones
Stanford University

Peter Klenow
Stanford University

Martin Lettau
UC Berkeley

Hanno Lustig
Stanford University

Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University

Enrico Moretti
UC Berkeley

Emi Nakamura
UC Berkeley

David Neumark
UC Irvine

Sheila Olmstead
UT Austin

Nitya Pandalai-Nayar
UT Austin

Monika Piazzesi
Stanford University

Vincezo Quadrini
USC Marshall

Alessandro Rebucci
Johns Hopkins

Andres Rodriguez-Clare
UC Berkeley

Kathryn Russ
UC Davis

Martin Schneider
Stanford University

Benjamin Schoefer
UC Berkeley

Jon Steinsson
UC Berkeley

Alan Taylor
UC Davis

Stephen Terry
Boston University

Reed Walker
UC Berkeley

Nancy Wallace
UC Berkeley

Chris Walters
UC Berkeley

Melanie Wasserman
UCLA

Shang-Jin Wei
Columbia University

Johannes Wieland
UC San Diego