Economists

Laila Assanie

Senior Business Economist
Regional economics, housing

Tyler Atkinson

Senior Business Economist
Economic forecasting, macroeconomic effects of the zero lower bound on interest rates

Isabel Brizuela

Business Economist, El Paso Branch
Regional economics, labor economics

Sung Je Byun

Research Economist
Financial econometrics, empirical macroeconomics and commodities

Jesus Cañas

Senior Business Economist
Mexican economy and maquiladora industry; regional economics

Anton Cheremukhin

Principal Research Economist
Macroeconomics, labor market, growth and development, international economics

Alexander Chudik

Assistant Vice President
Open economy macroeconomics and econometrics

Roberto A. Coronado

Senior Vice President and Senior Economist
Mexican economy, the maquiladora industry, and the U.S.–Mexico border economy

J. Scott Davis

Assistant Vice President
Open economy macroeconomics

Samuel Dodini

Senior Research Economist
Labor, public, urban and behavioral economics

Jim Dolmas

Assistant Vice President
Macroeconomics, political economy, asset pricing, inflation measurement

John V. Duca

Economist Emeritus
Macroeconomics, monetary economics, banking, housing and labor economics

Garrett Golding

Senior Business Economist
Oil and gas markets

Sewon Hur

Principal Research Economist
Macroeconomics, international economics, economic growth

Emily Kerr

Senior Business Economist
Regional economics, agriculture

Lutz Kilian

Vice President
Time series econometrics, empirical macroeconomics, energy economics

Lucie Lebeau

Research Economist
Macroeconomics, monetary economics, OTC markets, markets with frictions, bargaining

Haoyang Liu

Principal Research Economist
Real estate, mortgage-backed securities, econometrics

Enrique Martínez García

Assistant Vice President
International macroeconomics and finance, monetary economics, applied econometrics

Ron Mau

Senior Business Economist
Banking, macroeconomics and monetary policy

Matthew McCormick

Principal Financial Economist
Housing finance, money markets, treasury markets, financial stability

Karel Mertens

Senior Vice President and Director of Research
Business cycles, fiscal policy, banking and monetary economics, empirical macroeconomics, time series econometrics

Ben Munyan

Director of Supervisory Policy and Senior Economist
Repo markets, corporate bond markets and liquidity, bank capital structure and the impact of regulatory policy on market quality

Anthony Murphy

Vice President
Housing markets, consumption, labor economics, finance, econometrics

Pia M. Orrenius

Vice President
Labor and demographic economics; regional economics

Christopher Otrok

Vice President
Macroeconomics, international, Bayesian econometrics, financial crises

Ali Ozdagli

Assistant Vice President
Macrofinance, corporate finance, financial intermediation and monetary policy

Kunal Patel

Senior Business Economist
Energy: oil and gas sector

Michael Plante

Principal Research Economist
Macroeconomics, monetary policy, energy economics

David Rapson

Assistant Vice President
Energy and environmental economics, industrial organization, applied microeconomics, climate policy

Alexander W. Richter

Vice President
Monetary policy, fiscal policy, computational economics, macroeconometrics

Pon Sagnanert

Senior Financial Economist
Financial sector and policy analysis, global financial market developments, monetary policy, international economics

Alessio Saretto

Assistant Vice President
Empirical asset pricing, capital structure, credit risk, structured finance

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl

Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President

Seth Searls

Vice President
Global financial market developments

Tucker Smith

Research Economist
Economics of education, public economics, labor economics, urban economics

Jesse Thompson

Senior Business Economist
Regional economics, energy, health, education

Michael L. Tindall

Research Economist and Alternative Investment Specialist
Hedge-fund analytics and financial and macroeconomic forecasting

Luis Torres

Senior Business Economist
Regional economics, international trade, Mexican economy, applied econometrics

Nitzan Tzur-Ilan

Research Economist
Household finance, real estate, financial regulation, fintech, climate change

Mark A. Wynne

Vice President and Associate Director of Research
International macroeconomics

Fang Yang

Assistant Vice President
Fiscal policy, labor supply, wealth inequality, savings, housing

Kei-Mu Yi

Senior Vice President
International trade, structural change, global value chains, long-run growth

Mariam Yousuf

Business Economist
Banking, regional economics

Rebecca Zarutskie

Senior Vice President and Senior Research Advisor
Financial institutions and markets, monetary policy, corporate finance

Xiaohan Zhang

Senior Research Economist
Early childhood interventions, education, health care, housing, retirement

Xiaoqing Zhou

Assistant Vice President
Household finance, macroeconomics, energy economics