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Monetary Affairs Staff | Monetary and Financial Stability Section
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Thomas King
Senior Economist
Monetary and Financial Stability Section
Division of Monetary Affairs

Contact Information
202-452-2867
thomas.king@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Econometrics and Statistics
Financial Markets

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Washington University, 2005
M.A., Economics, Washington University, 2000
B.A., Economics, Northwestern University, 1996

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006-present
Associate Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2000-2006

Selected Publications

  • Distress in the Financial Sector and Economic Activity (with Mark Carlson and Kurt Lewis), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-43. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
  • ''Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2007'' (with Bill Bassett), Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 94 (June 2008), pp. A1-A39.
  • ''Discipline and Liquidity in the Interbank Market,'' Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, vol. 40 (March 2008), pp. 295-317.
  • Financial Market Perceptions of Recession Risk (with Andrew T. Levin and Roberto Perli), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-57. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
  • ''In Search of the Natural Rate of Unemployment'' (with James Morley), Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 54 (March 2007), pp. 550-564.
  • ''Are the Causes of Bank Distress Changing?'' (with Dan Nuxoll and Tim Yeager), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review (January 2006).

Last update: December 4, 2009