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:
Financial Markets
A

Andrea Ajello
Chief
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Levent Altinoglu
Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Alyssa G. Anderson
Chief
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

Ayelen Banegas
Principal Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Daniel J. Barth
Senior Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Hedi Benamar
Principal Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

David Bowman
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Celso Brunetti
Chief
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
C

Marco Cagetti
Chief
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Cecilia R. Caglio
Group Manager
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Fang Cai
Chief
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Alain Chaboud
Principal Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Jin-Wook B. Chang
Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

James A. Clouse
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Andrew M. Cohen
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Daniel M. Covitz
Deputy Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
D

Matt Darst
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Michiel De Pooter
Assistant Director
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Margaret DeBoer
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Benjamin Dennis
Senior Economist
Policy Planning and Strategy
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Jennifer L. Dlugosz
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Dobrislav Dobrev
Principal Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Fang Du
Adviser
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Shengwu Du
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Burcu Duygan-Bump
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
E

Matthew J. Eichner
Director
Program Direction
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
F

Nathan Foley-Fisher
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
G

Joshua Gallin
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Daniel I. Garcia Molina
Economist
Household and Business Spending
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Geoffrey R. Gerdes
Principal Economist
Payment System Studies
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Michael S. Gibson
Director
Program Direction
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Stefan Gissler
Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
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

Yesol Huh
Economist
Risk Analysis
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Jeffrey W. Huther
Senior Economic Project Manager
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
I

Matteo Iacoviello
Deputy Associate Director
Trade and Financial Studies
International Finance
International Finance

Markus F. Ibert
Economist
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Diana A. Iercosan
Principal Economist
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Ivan T. Ivanov
Senior Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
J

Kasper Joergensen
Economist
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Ruth A. Judson
Senior Economic Project Manager
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
K

John Kandrac
Principal Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Kyungmin Kim
Senior Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Elizabeth K. Kiser
Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Yuriy Kitsul
Chief
Global Capital Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Elizabeth C. Klee
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Anya V. Kleymenova
Senior Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

John R. Krainer
Principal Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Seung Kwak
Economist
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
L

Andreas Lehnert
Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Kurt F. Lewis
Principal Economist
Monetary Studies
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

Lei Li
Senior Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Gordon Y. Liao
Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Laura Lipscomb
Chief
Monetary Policy Operations and Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
M

Sai Ma
Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance

Patrick E. McCabe
Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Andrew C. Meldrum
Chief
Monetary and Financial Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Marco Migueis
Principal Economist
Banking, Credit and Operational Risk
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

David C. Mills
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Michele Modugno
Principal Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability
N

Borghan N. Narajabad
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Gaston M. Navarro
Economist
Trade and Financial Studies
International Finance
International Finance

Travis D. Nesmith
Assistant Director
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
O

Dong Hwan Oh
Senior Economist
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems

Ken Onishi
Senior Economist
Financial Structure
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Anna Orlik
Principal Economist
Monetary Studies
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs
P

Teodora Paligorova
Principal Economist
Financial Institution Risk Evaluation
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Michael G. Palumbo
Senior Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

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

Andrea Passalacqua
Economist
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation

Wayne Passmore
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Matthias O. Paustian
Assistant Director
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Karen M. Pence
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Ander Perez-Orive
Principal Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Lubomir Petrasek
Chief
Financial Intermediaries Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

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

Andrea Prestipino
Senior Economist
Global Modeling Studies
International Finance
International Finance

Michael V. Pykhtin
Manager
Trading and Capital Markets
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
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

David E. Rappoport
Economist
Macroprudential Policy Analysis
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

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

Brigitte Roth Tran
Senior Economist
Household and Business Spending
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Doriana Ruffino
Manager
Stress Testing
Supervision and Regulation
Supervision and Regulation
S

Horacio Sapriza
Principal Economist
Macro-Financial Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Cisil Sarisoy
Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

John W. Schindler
Associate Director
Program Direction
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Bernd Schlusche
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Andres Schneider
Economist
Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Chiara Scotti
Special Adviser to the Board
General Program Support
Board Members
Board Members

Zeynep Senyuz
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Steven A. Sharpe
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Chaehee Shin
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Jae W. Sim
Principal Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

David H. Small
Project Manager
FOMC Secretariat
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Paul A. Smith
Deputy Associate Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Viktors Stebunovs
Chief
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance

Irina Stefanescu
Principal Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Gustavo A. Suarez
Assistant Director
Program Direction
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Bo Sun
Principal Economist
International Financial Stability
International Finance
International Finance

Nathan Swem
Senior Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

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

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

Manjola Tase
Principal Economist
Money Market Analysis
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Thiago R. T. Ferreira
Senior Economist
Advanced Foreign Economies
International Finance
International Finance

Tugkan Tuzun
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
U

Pinar Uysal
Senior Economist
Global Financial Institutions
International Finance
International Finance
V

Stéphane Verani
Principal Economist
Systemic Financial Institutions and Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Diego Vilán
Senior Economist
Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Bastian von Beschwitz
Principal Economist
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance
W

Colin R. Weiss
Senior Economist
Global Financial Flows
International Finance
International Finance
Y

Jie Yang
Principal Economist
Capital Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Emre Yoldas
Chief
Global Monetary and Sovereign Markets
International Finance
International Finance

Youngsuk Yook
Principal Economist
Flow of Funds
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Z

Egon Zakrajsek
Senior Adviser
Program Direction
Monetary Affairs
Monetary Affairs

Xing (Alex) Zhou
Principal Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics

Filip Zikes
Principal Economist
Financial Stability Assessment
Financial Stability
Financial Stability

Francesca Zucchi
Senior Economist
Short-Term Funding Markets
Research and Statistics
Research and Statistics
Last update:
January 11, 2021