Meet the Researchers
Nathan Foley-Fisher
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, London School of Economics, 2011
- B.Sc., Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics, 2004
- Nonbank financial intermediaries
- Fixed income securities markets
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2018 - presentAdjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
2021Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2011 - 2018
- Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately Produced Safe Debt Markets
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Gary Gorton, and Stéphane Verani
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20210383 - Measuring Interest Rate Risk Management by Financial Institutions
Celso Brunetti, Nathan Foley-Fisher, and Stéphane Verani
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2023.067 - How Do U.S. Life Insurers Manage Liquidity in Times of Stress?
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Nathan Heinrich, and Stéphane Verani
FEDS Notes (2022)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3161 - Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately-Produced Safe Debt Markets
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Gary B. Gorton, and Stéphane Verani
NBER Working Paper Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w28016
See also » FRB Working Paper (2020) - Self-Fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Borghan Narajabad, and Stéphane Verani
Journal of Political Economy (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1086/708817
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015) - Assessing the Size of the Risks Posed by Life Insurers' Nontraditional Liabilities
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Borghan Narajabad, and Stephane Verani
FEDS Notes (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2358 - Over-the-Counter Market Liquidity and Securities Lending
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Stefan Gissler, and Stéphane Verani
Review of Economic Dynamics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2019.02.005
See also » FRB Working Paper (2019) - Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Borghan Narajabad, and Stephane Verani
NBER Working Paper Series (2016)
https://doi.org/10.3386/w22774
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - Funding Agreement-Backed Securities in the Enhanced Financial Accounts
Nathan C. Foley-Fisher, Ralf R. Meisenzahl, Borghan Narajabad, Maria G. Perozek, and Stephane H. Verani
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1823 - The Impact of Unconventional Monetary Policy on Firm Financing Constraints: Evidence from the Maturity Extension Program
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Rodney Ramcharan, and Edison Yu
Journal of Financial Economics (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.07.002
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - Sovereign Debt Guarantees and Default: Lessons From the UK and Ireland, 1920–1938
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin
European Economic Review (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.05.010 - Capitalising on the Irish Land Question: Land Reform and State Banking in Ireland, 1891–1938
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Eoin McLaughlin
Financial History Review (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968565016000019 - The Impact of Unconventional Monetary Policy on Firm Financing Constraints: Evidence from the Maturity Extension Program
Nathan Foley-Fisher, Rodney Ramcharan, and Edison Yu
Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) (2015)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2016) - U.S. Real Interest Rates and Default Risk in Emerging Economies
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Bernardo Guimaraes
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12033
See also » FRB Working Paper (2012) - The Timing of Sovereign Defaults Over Electoral Terms
Nathan Foley-Fisher
International Finance Discussion Papers (2012)
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2012.1047 - US Real Interest Rates and Default Risk in Emerging Economies
Nathan Foley-Fisher and Bernardo Guimaraes
CEP Discussion Papers (2009)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2012)
conference
September 2023Kings College London Handbook on Macroprudential Policy Conference
US Life Insurers and Systemic Risk
conference
July 2023NBER Summer Institute Capital Markets and the Macroeconomy
The Informational Centrality of Banks
conference
July 2023International Risk Management Conference
Measuring Interest Rate Risk Management by Financial Institutions
conference
June 2023Society for Economic Measurement Annual Conference
Measuring Interest Rate Risk Management by Financial Institutions
conference
May 2023FRB Macro-Finance Workshop
The Informational Centrality of Banks
conference
June 2022Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference
Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately-Produced Safe Debt Markets
conference
Dec 2021FDIC/JFSR Bank Research Conference
Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately-Produced Safe Debt Markets
conference
Nov 2021OFR and Cleveland Fed Financial Stability Conference
Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately-Produced Safe Debt Markets
conference
June 2021Barcelona GSE Summer Forum Workshop on Information Asymmetries in Financial Markets
Adverse Selection Dynamics in Privately-Produced Safe Debt Markets
conference
May 2021SFS Cavalcade North America
Who Limits Arbitrage?
conference
September 2020IMF Annual Macro-Financial Research Conference
Who Limits Arbitrage?
conference
August 2020European Finance Association Annual Meeting
Who Limits Arbitrage?
conference
March 2020The Impact of Post-Crisis Regulation on Financial Markets Conference
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
May 2019Macro Finance Society
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
June 2018Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting
Over-the-Counter Market Liquidity and Securities Lending
conference
May 2018SFS Cavalcade North America
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
April 2018RED Fragmented Financial Markets Conference
Over-the-Counter Market Liquidity and Securities Lending
conference
April 2018Fixed Income and Financial Institutions Conference
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
January 2018Federal Reserve "Day-Ahead" Conference on Financial Markets and Institutions
Over-the-Counter Market Liquidity and Securities Lending
conference
August 2017American Risk and Insurance Association Annual Meeting
Over-the-Counter Market Liquidity and Securities Lending
conference
January 2017American Economic Association Annual Meeting
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
August 2016European Economic Association Annual Meeting
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
August 2016European Finance Association Annual Meeting
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
July 2016NBER Summer Institute
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
June 2016Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
May 2016NBER Conference on New Developments in Long-Term Asset Management
Securities Lending as Wholesale Funding: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
January 2016IBEFA Sessions at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
October 2015Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
October 2015Becker-Friedman Institute Conference on Financial Regulation
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
August 2015European Economic Association Annual Meeting
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
May 2015Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
conference
May 2015Atlanta Fed/Emory University Workshop on Monetary and Financial History
Sovereign Debt Guarantees and Default: Lessons from the UK and Ireland, 1920–1938
conference
May 2015Royal Economic Society Conference
Self-fulfilling Runs: Evidence from the U.S. Life Insurance Industry
Awards
- 2009
RIEF IX Doctoral Meeting
Best Conference Paper in International Finance
Conference Organization
2023
Midwest Finance Association
Program Committee Member
2022
FRS Conference on Financial Institutions, Regulation, and Markets
Program Committee Member
2022
FMA Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2022
FMA Applied Finance Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2022
Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2021
Fed-Maryland Short-Term Funding Markets Conference
Program Committee Member
2020
FMA Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2020
FMA Applied Finance Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2019
FMA Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2019
FMA Applied Finance Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2018
FMA Applied Finance Annual Meeting
Program Committee Member
2016
IBEFA Summer Meeting
Program Committee Member
Referee
- International Economic Review
- AEJ: Economic Policy
- Journal of Banking and Finance
- Journal of Development Economics
- Fiscal Studies
- Macroeconomic Dynamics
- Review of Finance
- Journal of Economic History
- B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
- Management Science
- Review of Financial Studies
- Journal of Finance
Professional Affiliation
- American Finance Association
- American Economic Association
- IBEFA
- Econometric Society
- European Economic Society
- Royal Economic Society