Ben Henken
Policy Advisor
About
Ben Henken is a policy advisor in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Prior to joining the Chicago Fed, Ben was a senior associate at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC, and a research associate at the Yale Program on Financial Stability in New Haven. Ben has a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Northwestern University and a master’s in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University.
Bank Publications
Recent Publications
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Katherine Jolley | Chicago Fed Letter | 2026 | No. 521 | June
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger, Aryan Safi | Chicago Fed Insights | 2026 | March
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Katherine Jolley, Ezra Karger, Aryan Safi | Chicago Fed Insights | 2025 | September
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger | Chicago Fed Insights | 2025 | July
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger | Chicago Fed Letter | 2025 | No. 506 | June Download
Chicago Fed Letter
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Katherine Jolley | 2026 | No. 521 | June
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger | 2025 | No. 506 | June Download
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Bart Hobijn, Ezra Karger, Anna Paulson, Jim Royal | 2024 | No. 503 | October Download
Chicago Fed Insights
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger, Aryan Safi | 2026 | March
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Katherine Jolley, Ezra Karger, Aryan Safi | 2025 | September
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger | 2025 | July
Ben Henken | 2024 | August
Working papers
Working Papers
Scott A. Brave, Ben Henken, Ezra Karger, Aryan Safi | 2026 | No. 2026-09 | May Download
