Emi Nakamura

Emi Nakamura is a macroeconomist whose research investigates price dynamics, fiscal and monetary policy, and the sources of business cycle fluctuations. Her data-driven research has transformed understanding of how macroeconomic policy affects the economy. She is best known for using innovative new data sources and empirical methods to address important questions about the impact of monetary and fiscal policy using a combination of theory, granular microdata, and econometrics. Her scholarship has shaped central bank and fiscal policy frameworks worldwide.

She is Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She serves on the Congressional Budget Office’s panel of economic advisers and as co-director of the monetary economics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Nakamura is a recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal, the Elaine Bennett Research Prize, and the NSF CAREER Award.