Meet the Economists
The Federal Reserve Board employs over 300 Ph.D. economists, who represent an exceptionally diverse range of interests and specific areas of expertise. Board economists conduct cutting edge research, produce numerous working papers, and are among the leading contributors at professional meetings and in major journals. Our economists also produce a wide variety of economic analyses and forecasts for the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee.
Last Name:
Field of Interest:
Division:
Finance
Field:
Asset Pricing
A

Christopher S. Anderson
Senior Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Sirio Aramonte
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
B

Ayelen Banegas
Principal Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Daniel J. Barth
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
C

Fang Cai
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Andrew Y. Chen
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Stephanie E. Curcuru
Deputy Director
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
D

Anthony M. Diercks
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
E

Eric C. Engstrom
Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
G

Michael B. Gordy
Chief
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Olesya V. Grishchenko
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Li Gu
Senior Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
H

Diana Hancock
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Yesol Huh
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
I

Jane E. Ihrig
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
J

Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar
Principal Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance
K

Don H. Kim
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Hyung Joo Kim
Economist
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Yuriy Kitsul
Chief
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Benjamin Knox
Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Niklas Kroner
Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Seung Kwak
Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
L

Canlin Li
Senior Economic Project Manager
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Yi Li
Principal Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Edith X. Liu
Chief
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Juan M. Londono
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
International Finance
International Finance
M

Sai Ma
Senior Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance

Andrew C. Meldrum
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
N

Thien T. Nguyen
Senior Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
O

Marcelo Ochoa
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Emilio Osambela
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
P

Dino Palazzo
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Francisco Palomino
Chief
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Ahyan Panjwani
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Yang-Ho Park
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Lubomir Petrasek
Chief
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Valery Polkovnichenko
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Marcel A. Priebsch
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Todd A. Prono
Principal Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
R

Carlos Ramírez
Senior Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Andreas C. Rapp
Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Marius Rodriguez
Group Manager
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Chase P. Ross
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Sharon Y. Ross
Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance
S

Bernd Schlusche
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Krista Schwarz
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Steven A. Sharpe
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Michael Siemer
Senior Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Nitish R. Sinha
Group Manager
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Simon C. Smith
Senior Economist
Prices and Wages
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Nathan Swem
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Pawel J. Szerszen
Principal Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Balint Szoke
Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
T

Hiroatsu Tanaka
Senior Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Mary Tian
Group Manager
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
V

Skander Van den Heuvel
Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Francisco Vazquez-Grande
Group Manager
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Clara Vega
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Bastian von Beschwitz
Chief
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance
W

Ashley Wang
Chief
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Missaka Warusawitharana
Manager
Policy Effectiveness and Assessment
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Min Wei
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Fabian Winkler
Principal Economist
Monetary Studies
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
Y

Ram S. Yamarthy
Senior Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Z

Tony Zhang
Senior Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance
Last Update:
September 25, 2023