Meet the Researchers
Christopher J. Kurz
[email protected]
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2005
- M.A., Economics, University of Michigan, 2000
- B.A., Economics, University of Texas - Austin, 1998
- Nontraditional (big) Data and Economic Measurement
- International Trade and Offshoring
Assistant Director
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2024 - presentAssistant Director / Chief
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2022 - 2024Chief
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2019 - 2022Group Manager
FRB Expanded Measurement Agenda
2016 - 2019Visiting Scholar
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2016Principal Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2012 - 2016Adjunct Professor
The Johns Hopkins University
2013 - 2015Visiting Scholar
Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
2010Adjunct Professor
Johns Hopkins University - School of Advanced International Studies
2006 - 2008Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2005 - 2012
- Manufacturing Sentiment: Forecasting Industrial Production with Text Analysis
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Christopher Kurz, Norman Morin, Paul E. Soto, and Betsy Vrankovich
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.026 - In the Driver's Seat: Pandemic Fiscal Stimulus and Light Vehicles
Jack Dunbar, Christopher Kurz, Geng Li, and Maria D. Tito
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.013 - Payroll Employment at the Weekly Frequency
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231052 - Business exit during the COVID-19 pandemic: Non-traditional measures in historical context
Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Aaron Flaaen, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Journal of Macroeconomics (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2022.103419
See also » FRB Working Paper (2021) - Lessons learned from the use of nontraditional data during COVID-19
Tomaz Cajner, Laura J. Feiveson, Christopher J. Kurz, and Stacey Tevlin
Recession Remedies (2022) - Blending data to understand the economic impact of COVID-19
Scott A. Brave, Rebecca Hutchinson, Christopher J. Kurz, Michael Stepner, and Ron Jarmin
Business Economics (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1057/s11369-021-00250-3 - Improving the Accuracy of Economic Measurement with Multiple Data Sources: The Case of Payroll Employment Data
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth (2022)
See also » FRB Working Paper (2019) - Business Exit During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Non-Traditional Measures in Historical Context
Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Aaron Flaaen, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.089r1 - Tracking Labor Market Developments during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Assessment
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.030 - Back to the Future: Backtesting Systemic Risk Measures during Historical Bank Runs and the Great Depression
Christian Brownlees, Ben Chabot, Eric Ghysels, and Christopher Kurz
Journal of Banking & Finance (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.105736 - The US Labor Market during the Beginning of the Pandemic Recession
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Erik Hurst, Christopher Kurz, and Ahu Yildirmaz
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1353/eca.2020.0005 - Tracking the Labor Market with "Big Data"
Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, and Christopher Kurz
FEDS Notes (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2441 - Are Millennials Different?
Christopher J. Kurz, Geng Li, and Daniel J. Vine
Handbook of US Consumer Economics (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813524-2.00008-1
See also » FRB Working Paper (2018) - Using Payroll Processor Microdata to Measure Aggregate Labor Market Activity
Tomaz Cajner, Leland Crane, Ryan Decker, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Christopher Kurz, and Tyler Radler
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2018)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2018.005 - The Young and the Carless? The Demographics of New Vehicle Purchases
Christopher Kurz, Geng Li, and Daniel Vine
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1798 - Annual Data on Investment and Capital Stocks
Christopher J. Kurz and Norman J. Morin
FEDS Notes (2016)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1717 - Importing, Exporting, and Firm-Level Employment Volatility
Christopher Kurz and Mine Z. Senses
Journal of International Economics (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2015.08.003
See also » FRB Working Paper (2013) - Who Drives Luxury Cars (Only for a While)?
Christopher Johann Kurz and Geng Li
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1536 - How Does Student Loan Debt Affect Light Vehicle Purchases?
Christopher Kurz and Geng Li
FEDS Notes (2015)
https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.1482 - Ricardian Trade and The Impact of Domestic Competition on Export Performance
Matilde Bombardini, Christopher J. Kurz, and Peter M. Morrow
Canadian Journal of Economics (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01715.x - Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing
Susan Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann, and Benjamin Mandel
Journal of Economic Perspectives (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.25.2.111
See also » FRB Working Paper (2010) - Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing: Implications for Productivity and Value Added
Susan Houseman, Christopher Kurz, Paul Lengermann, and Benjamin Mandel
International Finance Discussion Papers (2010)
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2010.1007 - That's Where the Money was: Foreign Bias and English Investment Abroad, 1866-1907
Benjamin R. Chabot and Christopher J. Kurz
Economic Journal (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02346.x - Trade, Production Sharing, and the International Transmission of Business Cycles
Ariel Burstein, Christopher Kurz, and Linda Tesar
Journal of Monetary Economics (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.03.004 - Outstanding Outsourcers: A Firm-and Plant-Level Analysis of Production Sharing
Christopher Johann Kurz
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2006)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2006.04 - On the Computational Complexity of Consumer Decision Rules
A. Norman, A. Ahmed, J. Chou, A. Dalal, K. Fortson, M. Jindal, C. Kurz, H. Lee, K. Payne, R. Rando, K. Sheppard, E. Sublett, J. Sussman, and I. White
Computational Economics (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CSEM.0000021676.64701.12 - An Ordering Experiment
A. Norman, M. Ahmed, J. Chou, K. Fortson, C. Kurz, H. Lee, L. Linden, K. Meythaler, R. Rando, K. Sheppard, N. Tantzen, I. White, and M. Ziegler
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00050-1
conference
January 2013ASSA Meetings, San Diego
Trading Plants and Volatility
seminar
June 2012United States International Trade Commission
seminar
May 2012Office of Tax Analysis, Department of the Treasury
conference
March 2012Washington Area International Trade Symposium
conference
November 2011Southeast Economics Meetings
seminar
November 2011Center for Economic Studies, Census Bureau
conference
November 2010CES Research Data Center Conference
conference
July 2012World Congress of Economic History, Stellenbosch
British Investment Trusts: The Precursors of Modern Structured Finance
conference
August 2011Microeconomic Aspects of the Globalization of Inflation
Offshoring Bias and U.S. Manufacturing: Implications for Productivity and Value Added
seminar
December 2010George Washington University
conference
July 2010NBER Summer Institute CRIW
conference
November 2009Conference on Measurement Issues Arising from Globalization
Simulating the Effects of Import Price Mismeasurement on Output and Productivity Measures
seminar
June 2011Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Using Census Microdata to Forecast U.S. Aggregate Productivity
conference
October 2010Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data
Firm Heterogeneity and Ricardian Trade: The Impact of Domestic Competition on Export Performance
Awards
- 2012
Canadian Economics Association
Harry Johnson Prize
Conference Organization
2018 | Bank of England
Modelling with Big Data and Machine Learning
Conference Co-Organizer
2011-2016 | George Washington University
Washington Area International Trade Symposium
Conference Co-Organizer
2019 | Federal Reserve Board
Nontraditional Data, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in Macroeconomics
Conference Co-Organizer
Referee
- American Economic Review
- American Economic Journal: Economic Policy/Macro
- The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
- Economic Journal
- Eastern Economic Journal
- European Economic Review
- International Finance
- Journal of Economics and Business
- Journal of International Economics
- Journal of International Money and Finance
- The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development
- The Review of Economics and Statistics
Professional Affiliation
- NBER/CRIW member since 2016