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Kurt F. Lewis

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
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Last Update: December 1, 2023