After I graduated from Carleton College in 2016 with a BA in mathematics and economics, I was excited to join the research team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. During my time as an RA, I supported José Mustre-del-Río, Andy Glover, Brent Bundick, and Lee Smith. Currently, my main role is to help support the monetary policy briefing process. I also run the Kansas City Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI) model and collaborate with economists on Bank publications. I really appreciate the variety of work I’ve gotten to do at the bank and the flexibility given to RAs to explore their interests.
Selected Presentations
PDFThe Kansas City Fed Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI), 2023. Presentation at The NABE Foundation 20th Anniversary Economic Measurement Seminar. Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Economic Review Articles
- Lifetime Earnings Differences across Black and White Individuals: Years Worked Matter
with Andrew Glover and José Mustre-del-Río, Vol. 108, no. 1 - What Explains Lifetime Earnings Differences Across Individuals?
with José Mustre-del-Río, First Quarter 2019 - The Rise and Fall of College Tuition Inflation
with Brent Bundick, First Quarter 2019
Economic Bulletin
- Foreign-Born Women Have Driven the Recent Increase in Prime-Age Women in the Labor Force
with Didem Tuzemen, April 2024 - Decline in Number of Workers with “Some College” Is Boosting Healthcare Wage Inflation
December 2023 - Why Has Monetary Policy Tightening Not Cooled the Labor Market Enough to Quell Inflation?
with Karlye Dilts Stedman, March 2023 - The KC Fed LMCI Momentum Indicator Suggests Monetary Policy Is Beginning to Weigh on Labor Markets
with José Mustre-del-Río, February 2023 - Negative Sentiment toward Spending and Declining Real Incomes May Meaningfully Lower Consumption
with Nida Çakır Melek, November 2022 - KC Fed LMCI Suggests that Recent Inflation Is Not Due to the Tight Labor Market
with Andrew Glover and José Mustre-del-Río, October 2021 - KC Fed LMCI Implies the Labor Market Is Closer to a Full Recovery than the Unemployment Rate Alone Suggests
with Andrew Glover and José Mustre-del-Río, October 2021 - Inflation Expectations Limit the Power of Negative Interest Rates
with Andrew Glover, March 2020 - As Manufacturing Weakens, Consumers Pull Back
with José Mustre-del-Río, November 2019 - Nominal Wage Rigidities and the Future Path of Wage Growth
with José Mustre-del-Río, May 2018 - Does the Recent Decline in Household Longer-Term Inflation Expectations Signal a Loss of Confidence in the FOMC?
with Brent Bundick, Trenton Herriford, and Andrew Lee Smith, June 2017
Technical Briefings
- A New Approach to Industry and Occupation Recoding in the CPS
TB 19-02, June 2019