Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

I. The Board's economics divisions study a wide range of topics, including but not limited to the following broad areas of economic analysis and policy:

Macroeconomics (General macro, public finance, unemployment, inflation, growth, and productivity)

Microeconomics (Consumer behavior, labor markets, public finance, urban and regional economics, health, education, natural resource economics, and industrial organization)

Financial Economics (Money & capital markets, banking, asset pricing, derivatives, and regulation)

International Economics (Trade, international finance, and development)

Computational Economics & Econometric Methods (Algorithm development and simulation methods)

Economic Measurement (Survey research, economic statistics, and national accounting)

Monetary Policy and Central Banking (Money markets, monetary policy, and FR operations)

Many qualified Research Assistant candidates have no clear preference among the many areas of research done at the Board; however, for those who do, indicating such could be helpful to finding the best fit among the many different groups hiring research assistants. Please rank order the top 3, with 1 being the top, those broad areas of analysis that you are most interested in pursuing, or choose "no clear preference":

1	Macroeconomics Microeconomics Financial Economics International Economics Computational Economics & Econometric Methods Economic Measurement Monetary Policy and Central Banking
2	Macroeconomics Microeconomics Financial Economics International Economics Computational Economics & Econometric Methods Economic Measurement Monetary Policy and Central Banking
3	Macroeconomics Microeconomics Financial Economics International Economics Computational Economics & Econometric Methods Economic Measurement Monetary Policy and Central Banking
No Clear Preference

II. Responses to the prompts below are optional, but allow candidates to expand upon the qualifications that successful Research Assistants possess, including:

• Collaboration – likes to help others, works well with peers and supervisors, and adds a new perspective
• Initiative – is resourceful and is eager to engage with RA tasks and topics
• Integrity – is truthful, respects confidentiality, and admits mistakes
• Perseverance – advances in unfamiliar or adverse situations
• Time management – manages multiple tasks well and is organized

III. Successful Research Assistants also possess the ability to acquire and expand data analysis and programming skills. Please indicate your level of experience with and your degree of interest in the following areas:

	Experience				Degree of Interest
	Limited/None	Moderate	Extensive		Low	Moderate	Strong
Compiling and manipulating datasets
Statistical packages (Stata, R, SAS) Please specify:
Programming languages (SQL, C++/C/Java, Perl/Python, Matlab) Please specify:
Other programs and operating systems (Mathematica, Unix/Linux) Please specify:

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