Nathan Anderson
Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
About
Nathan Anderson is a senior economist and economic advisor in external affairs and civic engagement at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Anderson’s work focuses on issues related to housing affordability, access to financial services, small business, and community development finance.
Prior to joining the Fed in 2019, Anderson practiced law in the tax department at Ropes & Gray LLP, where he focused on the tax aspects of investment funds (e.g., private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, real estate funds, and their managers and investors), tax-exempt organizations, non-U.S. investors, and financial instruments. Beginning in 2018, his practice included work on the tax incentives to invest in Opportunity Zones introduced by Public Law 115-97 – commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Anderson received a bachelor’s in economics from Case Western Reserve University, a master’s, and a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan, and a juris doctor from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
