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We are one of the 12 districts of the U.S. central bank and, as such, our president is a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, which sets the federal funds rate. Monetary policy is at the core of our research and expert insights.

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Monetary Policy and Sovereign Risk in Emerging Economies (NK-Default)
Cristina Arellano | Assistant Director, Policy and Monetary Advisor Yan Bai | University of Rochester and NBER Gabriel Mihalache | Stony Brook University
January 10, 2020
Research
Neel Kashkari at Thrivent Event
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
November 5, 2019
Speech
Neel Kashkari at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines Leadership Summit
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
October 18, 2019
Speech
op ed
Financial Times op-ed: The U.S. Federal Reserve should use forward guidance now
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
August 21, 2019
Article
Working Papers
The Macroeconomics of the Greek Depression
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich | Harvard University Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant Rohan Kekre | University of Chicago Booth School of Business
June 28, 2019
Research
A strategy to re-anchor inflation expectations
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
June 21, 2019
Article
Monetary Policy Framework Review
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
May 16, 2019
Speech
Messages
WSJ Op-Ed: Unemployment Isn’t What It Used to Be
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer (2016-)
May 9, 2019
Article
Staff Reports
Real Exchange Rates and Primary Commodity Prices
Joao Ayres | Inter-American Development Bank Constantino Hevia | Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Juan Pablo Nicolini | Senior Research Economist
May 9, 2019
Research
Working Papers
Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises with Long Stagnations
Joao Ayres | Inter-American Development Bank Gaston Navarro | Federal Reserve Board Juan Pablo Nicolini | Senior Research Economist Pedro Teles | Banco de Portugal, Catolica Lisbon SBE, and CEPR
April 18, 2019
Research
Working Papers
Inferring Inequality with Home Production
Job Boerma | Research Analyst Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
February 26, 2019
Research
Staff Reports
The Impact of Brexit on Foreign Investment and Production
Ellen R. McGrattan | Consultant Andrea Waddle
December 19, 2018
Research