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Hiroatsu Tanaka

Principal Economist Monetary and Financial Market Analysis Section Monetary Affairs
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 2011
  • M.A., Economics, University of Chicago, 2007
  • M.A., Economics, University of Tokyo, 2005
  • B.A., Law, University of Tokyo, 1999
Current Research Topics
  • Term Structure Models, DSGE Models
  • Macro-Finance Linkages
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2011 - present
  • Summer Intern

    International Monetary Fund

    2008
  • Analyst

    Bank of Japan

    1999 - 2002
  • Equilibrium yield curves and the interest rate lower bound
    Taisuke Nakata and Hiroatsu Tanaka
    Review of Economic Dynamics (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2026.101364
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2026)
  • Equilibrium Yield Curves with Imperfect Information
    Hiroatsu Tanaka
    Journal of Monetary Economics (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2024.103621
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2024)
  • Front-End Term Premiums in Federal Funds Futures Rates and Implied Probabilities of Future Rate Hikes
    Don Kim and Hiroatsu Tanaka
    FEDS Notes (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1884
  • Optimal Timing in Trading Japanese Equity Mutual Funds: Theory and Evidence
    Hiroatsu Tanaka and Naohiko Baba
    Monetary and Economic Studies (2004)
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Last Update: October 5, 2026