Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, San Antonio Branch
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Keith R. Phillips joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in January 1984. In 1996, he was transferred to the San Antonio Branch to improve the regional economic coverage of the Dallas office and to better serve the needs of the South Texas community. His areas of concentration include regional economics and economic forecasting.

Phillips developed business-cycle indexes for Texas and metro areas throughout the state, which he uses to analyze business conditions in those regions. He is a contributing member of the Western Blue Chip Economic Forecasting Group, where he has been the most accurate Texas forecaster for seven out of the past 11 years. His research and analysis have been covered by CNN, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, USA Today, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and media throughout Texas.

Phillips teaches various economics and statistics courses at Trinity, St. Mary’s and Incarnate Word universities. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Southern Methodist University and holds a B.A. and M.A. in economics and a bachelor of journalism degree in news/editorial from the University of Missouri at Columbia.