About
Thomas B. King is a senior economist and economic advisor in the economic research department. Prior to joining the Chicago Fed, King was an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he served as chief of the Monetary and Financial Stability section and assistant director of the Monetary Affairs Division.
King’s research focuses on the transmission of monetary policy through financial markets, as well as on related topics in asset pricing, macro-finance, and intermediation. His work has appeared in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Review of Finance. He holds a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in economics from Washington University in St. Louis.