Research

Gene Amromin is a senior financial economist in the financial markets group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research interests include household financial decision-making, retirement savings, payment choices and taxation and corporate finance. Read More

Lisa Barrow is a senior economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Barrow conducts research on issues in education, public finance and labor economics. Read More

Marco Bassetto is a senior economist and economic advisor in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Bassetto's research focuses on applications of game theory to macroeconomics and the design and consistency of macroeconomic policy. Read More

Sujit 'Bob' Chakravorti is a senior economist in the financial markets group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Chakravorti’s research focuses on the economics of payments and the evolving structure of global financial markets. Read More

Mariacristina De Nardi is a senior economist and economic advisor in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Her research focuses on savings, wealth inequality, social security, entrepreneurship and taxation. Read More

Jonas D. M. Fisher is a vice president and an economic advisor in the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Fisher conducts research and analysis on macroeconomic topics related to business cycle theory and helps oversee the monthly release of the Chicago Fed National Activity Index, a monthly index designed to better gauge overall economic activity and inflationary pressure.
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Hesna Genay is a senior economist and economic advisor in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She provides policy support to the president of the bank in his role in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), his interactions with the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and in public outreach functions. Read More

Alejandro Justiniano is a senior economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on empirical methods for closed and open economy macroeconomics. Read More

Spencer Krane is a senior vice president in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In this capacity, Krane manages the forecasts and briefings that the staff prepares for Chicago Fed President Charles Evans in advance of each meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, coordinates other policy analyses for President Evans and conducts research in domestic macroeconomics. Read More

David Marshall is senior vice president of the financial markets group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on linkages between financial markets, financial institutions and macroeconomic performance.
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Ed Nosal is a vice president and senior financial economist of the financial markets group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on fundamental issues related to money, banking and payments. Read More

Anna Paulson is a vice president in the financial markets group. Paulson's research focuses on how households cope with risk and incomplete financial markets. Her current research includes studies of the relationship between institutions and financial development and the dynamics of entrepreneurship. Read More

Richard J. Rosen is a senior economist and economic advisor in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that position, Rosen conducts research on issues relating to financial intermediation, bank regulation, the future of banking and mergers. Read More

Bill Testa is vice president and director of regional programs in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Testa has written widely in the areas of economic growth and development, the Midwest economy and state–local public finance. Read More

François Velde is a senior economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Velde's primary research on monetary history and monetary theory has been published in numerous journals. Read More