Amanda MichaudPrincipal Research Economist, Institute

Amanda Michaud is a principal research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’s Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute. Previously, she held positions as a research officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and as a tenured professor at both Indiana University and the University of Western Ontario.

Amanda earned her B.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester, and her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota. She is a macroeconomist with research interests in labor and monetary economics.

Amanda’s research has appeared in venues such as the Journal of International Economics, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and the Journal of Monetary Economics. She is the co-owner of QL Monthly, a data product tracking quits, layoffs, and labor supply; and she has previously served as a senior economist for the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers.