Professional Experience

• • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  • 2008 - present

• • Lecturer

    Study Center Gerzensee

  • 2007 - 2008

• • Consultant

    McKinsey & Company

  • 2000 - 2001

• • Trainee

    Deutsche Bank

  • 1994 - 1996

Publications

• Mertens, Elmar (2010). "Structural Shocks and the Comovements between Output and Interest Rates," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1171-1186.
• Bacchetta, Philippe, Elmar Mertens, and Eric van Wincoop (2009). "Predictability in Financial Markets: What do Survey Expectations Tell Us?" Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 406-426.
• Mertens, Elmar (2011). "Measuring the Level and Uncertainty of Trend Inflation," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-42. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Mertens, Elmar (2010). "Are Spectral Estimators Useful for Implementing Long-Run Restrictions in SVARs?" Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-09. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Mertens, Elmar (2010). "Managing Beliefs about Monetary Policy Under Discretion," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-11. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Mertens, Elmar (2010). "Structural Shocks and the Comovements between Output and Interest Rates," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2010-21. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

Other Activities