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Diego Vilán

Senior Economist Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section Research and Statistics
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Southern California, 2015
  • M.A., Economics, Duke University, 2008
  • M.A., International Economics and Finance, Brandeis University, 2004
Current Research Topics
  • Macroeconomics and time-varying uncertainty.
  • Estimation of Time Series Models
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - present
  • Economist

    Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

    2004 - 2007
  • Household Debt, the Labor Share, and Earnings Inequality
    Mark Robinson, Pedro Silos, and Diego Vilán
    Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2026.105352
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2025)
  • One Policy Rate, Many Stances: Evidence from the European Monetary Union
    Manuel González-Astudillo and Diego Vilán
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.087
  • Commodity terms of trade uncertainty and economic activity in emerging economies
    Oscar Monterroso and Diego Vilán
    FEDS Notes (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3837
  • Household debt, the Labor Share and Earnings Inequality
    Mark Robinson, Pedro Silos, and Diego Vilán
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.028
  • Global Remittances Cycle
    Oscar Monterroso, Diego Vilán
    FEDS Notes (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3715
  • Balance Sheet Policies in an Evolving Economy: Some Modelling Advances and Illustrative Simulations
    Hess Chung, Etienne Gagnon, James Hebden, Kyungmin Kim, Bernd Schlusche, Eric Till, James Trevino, and Diego Vilán
    FEDS Notes (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3246
  • Remittances and COVID-19: A Tale of Two Countries
    Federico S. Mandelman and Diego Vilán
    FEDS Notes (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2803
  • A New Procedure for Generating the Stochastic Simulations in FRB/US
    Manuel González-Astudillo and Diego Vilán
    FEDS Notes (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2314
  • Monetary Policy Options at the Effective Lower Bound: Assessing the Federal Reserve's Current Policy Toolkit
    Hess Chung, Etienne Gagnon, Taisuke Nakata, Matthias Paustian, Bernd Schlusche, James Trevino, Diego Vilán, and Wei Zheng
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2019.003
  • Bayesian Estimation of NOEM Models: Identification and Inference in Small Samples
    Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Diego Vilan, and Mark A. Wynne
    DSGE Models in Macroeconomics (2012)
    https://doi.org/10.1108/s0731-9053(2012)0000028007
  • Bayesian Estimation of NOEM Models: Identification and Inference in Small Samples
    Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Diego Vilan, and Mark Wynne
    Working Paper (Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute) (2012)
    https://doi.org/10.1108/s0731-9053(2012)0000028007
  • Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment
    Federico S. Mandelman, Pau Rabanal, Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez, and Diego Vilan
    Review of Economic Dynamics (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2010.08.001
  • Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment
    Pau Rabanal, Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez, Federico S. Mandelman, and Diego Vilan
    IMF Working Papers (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2010.08.001
  • Investment-Specific Technology Shocks and International Business Cycles: An Empirical Assessment
    Federico S. Mandelman, Pau Rabanal, Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez, and Diego Vilan
    Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2010.08.001
  • Is More Still Better? Revisiting the Sixth District Coincident Indicator
    Pedro Silos and Diego Vilan
    Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) (2009)
  • Financing Trends in Latin America
    Myriam Quispe-Agnoli and Diego Vilan
    New Financing Trends in Latin America (2008)
  • When More Is Better: Assessing the Southeastern Economy with Lots of Data
    Pedro Silos and Diego Vilan
    Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) (2007)
  • Buy Foreign While You Can: The Cheap Dollar and Exchange Rate Pass-Through
    Eduardo J. J. Ganapolsky and Diego Vilan
    Economic Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) (2005)
Referee
  • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • International Economic Review
  • Journal of Macroeconomics
  • Macroeconomic Dynamics
  • Review of Economic Dynamics
  • Economic Inquiry
  • Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics
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Last Update: June 22, 2026