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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.

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Kurt F. Lewis

Principal Economist Monetary Studies Section Monetary Affairs

202-452-3424
[email protected]

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of Iowa, 2007
B.S., Finance, Economics, Iowa State University, 2001

Current Research Topics

Expectations and Monetary Policy
Nowcasting

Special Advisor to Vice Chair Lael Brainard
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2020 - present
Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2013 - present
Senior Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2009 - 2013
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2007 - 2009
Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University
2009 - 2014

Asset Mispricing
Kurt F. Lewis, Francis A. Longstaff, and Lubomir Petrasek
Journal of Financial Economics (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.05.011
Credit Risk, Liquidity, and Lies
Thomas B. King and Kurt F. Lewis
International Journal of Central Banking (2020)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2015)
Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest: A Note on Transitory Shocks
Kurt F. Lewis and Francisco Vazquez-Grande
Journal of Applied Econometrics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2671
See also » FRB Working Paper (2017)
Recession Risk and the Excess Bond Premium
Giovanni Favara, Simon Gilchrist, Kurt F. Lewis, and Egon Zakrajšek
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1739
Empirical Bayesian density forecasting in Iowa and shrinkage for the Monte Carlo era
Kurt F. Lewis and Charles H. Whiteman
Journal of Forecasting (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1002/for.2316
What Drives Bank Funding Spreads?
Thomas B. King and Kurt F. Lewis
Working paper series (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Research Department) (2014)
Using Policy Intervention to Identify Financial Stress
Mark Carlson, Kurt F. Lewis, and William R. Nelson
International Journal of Finance & Economics (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1482
See also » FRB Working Paper (2012)
Distress in the Financial Sector and Economic Activity
Mark A. Carlson, Thomas B. King, and Kurt F. Lewis
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2011)
https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2697
See also » FRB Working Paper (2009)
The Two-Period Rational Inattention Model: Accelerations and Analyses
Kurt F. Lewis
Computational Economics (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-008-9151-5
See also » FRB Working Paper (2008)
Prediction Formulas
Charles H. Whiteman and Kurt F. Lewis
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance (2008)

Professional Affiliation

American Economics Association

Last Update: November 28, 2022