Research Associates
The Economic Research Department seeks talented individuals with strong backgrounds in economics, statistics, and mathematics for Research Associate (RA) positions. These are excellent positions for someone who is passionate about research and considering a Ph.D. in economics. As an RA, you can develop technical skills, such as programming and working in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment. In addition, you are exposed to a broad range of topics, such as monetary policy, labor economics, and international trade. At the Kansas City Fed, RAs are matched to economists based on interest and skill sets, which provides opportunities for RAs to work closely with Ph.D. economists and get invaluable research experience. Most RAs stay with the department for two to three years, at which point many return to graduate school or pursue other opportunities.
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Current Positions:
External LinkResearch Associate
External LinkResearch Associate - Banking and Financial Markets
Research Associate Leadership
Meet Our Current Research Associates
Co-Authored Publications
Research Associates' names are in bold.
Economic Review articles
- Pandolfo, Jordan, Chris Acker, and Phillip An. 2025. Interest Rates and Nonbank Market Share in the U.S. Mortgage Market. Vol. 110. no. 1.
- Çakır Melek, Nida, and Alex Gallin. 2024. The Future of U.S. Productivity: Cautious Optimism amid Uncertainty. Vol. 109, no. 9.
- Jacewitz, Stefan A., and Chris Acker. 2024. A Method for Estimating the Price of Stablecoin Insurance. Vol. 109, no. 4.
- Sengupta, Rajdeep, and Brendan Laliberte. 2024. Why Do Net Interest Margins Behave Differently Across Banks as Interest Rates Rise? Vol. 109, no. 1.
- Tuzemen, Didem, and Deepak Venkatasubramanian. 2023. A Strong Labor Market Has Narrowed Gaps in Participation and Employment between Black and White Non-College Men. Vol. 9, no. 1.
- Matschke, Johannes, Alice von Ende-Becker, and Sai A. Sattiraju. 2023. Capital Flows and Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets around Fed Tightening Cycles. Vol. 108, no. 4.
- Marsh, W. Blake, and Brendan Laliberte. 2023. The Implications of Unrealized Losses for Banks. Vol. 108, no. 2.
- Doh, Taeyoung, and Luca Van der Meer. 2023. The Employment Effect of an Increase in the National Minimum Wage: Review of International Evidence. Vol. 108, no. 2.
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Alice von Ende-Becker. 2023. How Much Have Record Corporate Profits Contributed to Recent Inflation? Vol. 108, no. 1.
Research Working Papers
- Bundick, Brent, and Luca Van der Meer. 2024.External LinkMaintaining the Anchor: An Evaluation of Inflation Targeting in the Face of COVID-19
- Bundick, Brent, and Logan Hotz. 2023. External LinkHow Optimal Was U.S. Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound?
Economic Bulletins
- Sengupta, Rajdeep, Joshua A. Jacobs. 2025. The Changing Investor Composition of U.S. Treasuries, Part 2: Who’s Buying U.S. Treasuries?
- Scott, Francisco, José Mustre-del-Río, Amaze Lusompa, and Jalen Nichols. 2025. Is It Time to Add Food-at-Home Inflation to Measures of Core Inflation?
- Mustre-del-Río, José, and Jalen Nichols. 2025. Forecasting with Feelings: The Modest Link Between Consumer Sentiment and Spending
- Brown, Jason P., and Bobby Beckemeyer. 2025. Canadian Oil Important for Midwest Gasoline Prices
- Dzholos, Mariia. 2025. Community Banks Have Maintained Profitability in a High-Interest Rate Environment
- Cook, Thomas R., Mariia Dzholos, and Johannes Matschke. 2025. Did Importers Try to Front-Run Recent Tariffs on China?
- Glover, Andrew, and Johnson Oliyide. 2024. Why Haven’t Recent Rate Increases Slowed the Economy More? Look to Unusually Low Private-Lending Spreads
- Marsh, W. Blake, Karlye Dilts Stedman, and Phillip An. 2024. Are Firms Hoarding Cash Post-Pandemic?
- Matschke, Johannes, and Alice von Ende-Becker. 2024. Current Monetary Policy May Be Less Restrictive Than It Seems
- Marsh, W. Blake, Padma Sharma, and Chris Acker. 2024. Bank Deposit Rates Haven’t Kept Pace with Yields on Other Investments, but Depositors Are Staying Anyway
- Bi, Huixin, W. Blake Marsh, and Phillip An. 2024. Corporate Interest Expenses Are Expected to Increase Further
- Marsh, W. Blake, Padma Sharma, and Brendan Laliberte. 2023. Community Bank Funding Is Getting Costlier and Riskier
- Glover, Andrew, José Mustre-del-Río, and Jalen Nichols. 2023. Corporate Profits Contributed a Lot to Inflation in 2021 but Little in 2022—A Pattern Seen in Past Economic Recoveries
- Bundick, Brent, A. Lee Smith, and Luca Van der Meer. 2023. A Tight Labor Market Could Keep Rent Inflation Elevated
Featured Publications by Former RAs
- Bundick, Brent, Logan Hotz, and A. Lee Smith. 2025. "How Optimal was US Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound?." Journal of Financial Econometrics vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1-24.
- Rappaport, Jordan, and McKenzie Humann. 2025. "A better delineation of US metropolitan areas." Journal of Urban Economics vol. 149, 103781.
- Bundick, Brent, Trenton Herriford, and A. Lee Smith. 2024. "The Term Structure of Monetary Policy Uncertainty." Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 160, March.
- Rodziewicz, David, Christopher J. Amante, Jacob Dice, and Eugene Wahl. 2022. "Housing Market Impairment from Future Sea-Level Rise Inundation." Environment Systems and Decisions, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 637–656.
- Choi, Jason and Foerster, Andrew. 2021. “Optimal monetary policy regime switches.” Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 42, pp. 333-346.
- Doh, Taeyoung, and Michael Connolly. 2013. "The state space representation and estimation of a time-varying parameter VAR with stochastic volatility." In State-Space Models: Applications in Economics and Finance, pp. 133-145. New York, NY: Springer New York
- Clark, Todd E., and Stephen J. Terry. 2010. "Time Variation in the Inflation Passthrough of Energy Prices." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1419–1433.