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Eileen van Straelen

Senior Economist Real Estate Finance Section Research and Statistics
202-452-2293
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Finance, Kellogg School, Northwestern University, 2019
  • B.A., Mathematics, Economics, MMSS, Northwestern University, 2011
Current Research Topics
  • House prices, real estate
  • Internal capital markets, consumer finance
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2022 - present
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2022
  • More Tax, Less Refi? The Mortgage Interest Deduction and Monetary Policy Pass-Through
    Tess Scharlemann and Eileen van Straelen
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.082
  • Desperate House Sellers: Distress among Developers
    Eileen van Straelen
    Review of Financial Studies (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhad076
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2021)
  • Borrowing and Spending in the Money: Debt Substitution and the Cash-out Refinance Channel of Monetary Policy
    Elliot Anenberg, Tess Scharlemann, and Eileen van Straelen
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2023.073
  • Desperate House Sellers: Distress Among Developers
    Eileen van Straelen
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2021.065
  • Have pandemic-induced declines in home listings fueled house price growth?
    Neil Bhutta, Adithya Raajkumar, and Eileen van Straelen
    FEDS Notes (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2968
Awards
  • 2019

    American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association

    Homer Hoyt Dissertation Award

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Last Update: October 15, 2024