Research Staff and Resources

Contact Information
jennifer.e.roush@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Monetary Policy
Econometrics and Statistics
Financial Markets

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Indiana University, 2001
M.A., Economics, Indiana University, 1998
B.A., International Affairs, George Washington University, 1993

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2001-present
Research Assistant, Center for Econometric Model Research, 1998-2001
Assistant Instructor, Indiana University, 1996-1998

Selected Publications

• Evidence Uncovered: Long-Term Rates, Monetary Policy, and the Expectations Theory, International Finance Discussion Papers 712. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2001.
• ''Putting 'M' Back in Monetary Policy'' (with Eric M. Leeper), Journal of Money Credit and Banking, vol. 35 (December 2003), pp. 1217-1257.
• A Flexible Finite-Horizon Identification of Technology Shocks (with Neville Francis and Michael T. Owyang), International Finance Discussion Papers 832. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005.
• How do FOMC Actions and U.S. Macroecnomic Data Announcements Move Brazilian Sovereign Yield Spreads and Stock Prices (with Patrice Robitaille), International Finance Discussion Papers 868. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• ''The Expectations Theory Works for Monetary Policy Shocks,'' Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 54 (2007), pp. 1631-1643.
• The "Growing Pains" of TIPS Issuance, Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2008-8. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.
• ''The Case for TIPS: An Examination of the Costs and Benefits'' (with William Dudley and Michelle Steinberg Ezer), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Reveiw, vol. 15 (July 2009), pp. 1-14.