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Wendy E. Dunn

Adviser Program Direction Section Research and Statistics
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
  • M.A., Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
  • B.A., Economics with Computer Science Coordinate, Trinity College, 1990
Current Research Topics
  • Macro Implications of Micro Consumption Behavior
  • Using Nontraditional Data to Measure Spending
  • Adviser, Research & Statistics

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2021 - present
  • Special Adviser to the Board

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2021
  • Senior Economist (on secondment)

    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

    2011 - 2013
  • Principal Economist, Research & Statistics

    Macroeconomic Analysis, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2008 - 2019
  • Economist

    Indistrial Output Section, Division of Research & Statistics

    1998 - 2008
  • Using Generative AI Models to Understand FOMC Monetary Policy Discussions
    Wendy Dunn, Ellen E. Meade, Nitish Ranjan Sinha, and Raakin Kabir
    FEDS Notes (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3678
  • Impact versus Inclusion in the Economics Profession: Insights from the Papers and Proceedings
    Cynthia Bansak, Wendy Dunn, Ellen Meade, and Martha Starr
    American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241028
  • Spending Responses to High-Frequency Shifts in Payment Timing: Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit
    Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, David Cashin, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, Katherine Richard, and Claudia Sahm
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200590
  • From Transactions Data to Economic Statistics: Constructing Real-time, High-frequency, Geographic Measures of Consumer Spending
    Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, and Claudia Sahm
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2019.057
  • High-frequency Spending Responses to the Earned Income Tax Credit
    Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, David Cashin, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, Katherine Richard, and Claudia Sahm
    FEDS Notes (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2199
  • From Income to Consumption Inequality? Looking through the Lens of Motor Vehicle Purchases
    Wendy E. Dunn and Maria D. Tito
    FEDS Notes (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2132
  • The Effect of Sales-Tax Holidays on Consumer Spending
    Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, and Claudia Sahm
    FEDS Notes (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1941
  • Prices and Depreciation in the Market for Tablet Computers
    David Byrne, Wendy Dunn, and Eugenio Pinto
    FEDS Notes (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1885
  • The Effect of Hurricane Matthew on Consumer Spending
    Aditya Aladangady, Shifrah Aron-Dine, Wendy Dunn, Laura Feiveson, Paul Lengermann, and Claudia Sahm
    FEDS Notes (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1888
  • Why are Inventory-Sales Ratios at U.S. Auto Dealerships so High?
    Wendy E. Dunn and Daniel J. Vine
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2016.047
  • The US Labour Market Recovery Following the Great Recession
    Wendy Dunn
    OECD Economics Department Working Papers (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1787/5k4ddxp3xlvf-en
  • Inventories and the Automobile Market
    Adam Copeland, Wendy Dunn, and George Hall
    RAND Journal of Economics (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-2171.2010.00128.x
  • Incentives and Prices for Motor Vehicles: What Has Been Happening in Recent Years?
    Carol Corrado, Wendy Dunn, and Maria Otoo
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2006)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2006.09
  • Prices, Production and Inventories over the Automotive Model Year
    Adam Copeland, Wendy Dunn, and George Hall
    NBER Working Paper Series (2005)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w11257
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2005)
  • How Fast Do Personal Computers Depreciate? Concepts and New Estimates
    Mark E. Doms, Wendy E. Dunn, Stephen D. Oliner, and Daniel E. Sichel
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2004)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2004.31
  • The Effects of Precautionary Saving Motives on (S,s) Bands for Home Purchases
    Wendy E. Dunn
    Regional Science and Urban Economics (2003)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-0462(02)00057-1
  • Unemployment Risk, Precautionary Saving, and Durable Goods Purchase Decisions
    Wendy E. Dunn
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (1999)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.1998.49
  • DOD's Environmental Technology Development
    Kevin Doxey, Jeffrey Marqusee, and Wendy Dunn
    Federal Facilities Environmental Journal (1997)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ffej.3330080109
  • Unemployment Expectations, Jumping (S,s) Triggers, and Household Balance Sheets
    Christopher D. Carroll and Wendy E. Dunn
    NBER Macroeconomics Annual Book Series (1997)
    https://doi.org/10.1086/654332
  • Unemployment Expectations, Jumping (S,s) Triggers, and Household Balance Sheets
    Christopher D. Carroll and Wendy E. Dunn
    NBER Working Paper Series (1997)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w6081
  • Unemployment Expectations Jumping (Ss) Triggers and Household Balance Sheets
    Christopher D. Carroll and Wendy E. Dunn
    Economics Working Paper Archive (1997)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/3585228
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Last Update: November 21, 2025