Meet the Researchers
Gisela Rua
Principal Economist
Industrial Output Section
Research and Statistics
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, UC Berkeley, 2012
- B.A., Economics, University of Porto, 2003
Current Research Topics
- Containerization and International Trade
- Great Depression and Economic Policy
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - presentAdjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
2019Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - 2019Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2012 - 2015
- Tapping the Brakes: The Effect of the 2023 United Auto Workers Strike on Economic Activity
Gisela Rua and Maria D. Tito
FEDS Notes (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3477 - Europe: Well-positioned to get through next winter without major gas shortages
Gisela Rua
FEDS Notes (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3365 - Bottlenecks, Shortages, and Soaring Prices in the U.S. Economy
Deepa D. Datta, Laura Feiveson, Ekaterina Peneva, and Gisela Rua
FEDS Notes (2022)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3153 - The Local Impact of Containerization
Leah Brooks, Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, and Gisela Rua
Journal of Urban Economics (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103388 - The Local Impact of Containerization
Leah Brooks, Nicolas Gendron-Carrier, and Gisela Rua
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2018)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2018.045 - Inflation Expectations in the U.S. in Fall 1933
Andrew J. Jalil and Gisela Rua
Research in Economic History (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0363-326820170000033005 - Inflation Expectations in the Recovery from the Great Depression
Andrew J. Jalil and Gisela Rua
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1831 - Inflation Expectations and Recovery in Spring 1933
Andrew J. Jalil and Gisela Rua
Explorations in Economic History (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2016.07.001
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - History of the Federal Reserve Board Statistical Releases
Gisela Rua and Sian L. Seldin
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1721 - Review: Global Markets Transformed: 1870-1945. By Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells
Gisela Rua
Journal of Economic History (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050715000911 - Inflation Expectations and Recovery from the Depression in 1933: Evidence from the Narrative Record
Andrew Jalil and Gisela Rua
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.029 - Exchange Rates and Global Rebalancing
Barry Eichengreen and Gisela Rua
Transpacific Rebalancing: Implications for Trade and Economic Growth (2015) - Diffusion of Containerization
Gisela Rua
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2014)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2014.088 - From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons
Miguel Almunia, Agustín Bénétrix, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O’Rourke, and Gisela Rua
Economic Policy (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0327.2010.00242.x - From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons
Miguel Almunia, Agustín S. Bénétrix, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Gisela Rua
NBER Working Paper Series (2009)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w15524 - From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons
Miguel Almunia, Agustín Bénétrix, Barry Eichengreen, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Gisela Rua
CEPR Discussion Paper Series (2009)
Conference Organization
August 2015 | Kyoto, Japan
World Economic History Congress
Organizer, Session on the Great Depression and Macroeconomic Policy in the 1930s
Referee
- National Science Foundation
- Journal of International Economics
- Explorations in Economic History
- Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
- European Economic Review
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Southern Economic Journal
- Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
- International Journal of Economics and Business Research
- Review of International Economics
Last Update:
November 21, 2025