Phillip An

Research Associate

Economic Research Kansas City

Phillip.An@kc.frb.org

Phillip An is a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He joined the Economic Research Department in June 2023 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with an MA in Economics and BAs in Economics and Mathematics. Phillip supports Karlye Dilts Stedman and Huixin Bi with their research and policy work regarding international macroeconomics, macro-finance dynamics, monetary policy transmission, and fiscal policy issues.

Economic Bulletin

Are Firms Hoarding Cash Post-Pandemic?
with W. Blake Marsh and Karlye Dilts Stedman, June 2024
Corporate Interest Expenses Are Expected to Increase Further
with Huixin Bi and W. Blake Marsh, February 2024

Additional Resources

Cost of Childcare Increasingly Weighs on Labor Force Engagement

Problems attaining childcare have weighed on workers’ engagement in the labor force for some time. A few years ago, pandemic...

Mismatch Unemployment During COVID-19 and the Post-Pandemic Labor Shortages

During the post-pandemic recovery, sectors with larger mismatch unemployment saw higher growth in labor costs.

Introducing the Kansas City Fed’s Measure of Policy Rate Uncertainty (KC PRU)

The KC PRU measures uncertainty around the path of interest rates one year ahead, using the prices of financial options.

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Economic Bulletin

Additional Resources