Research Staff and Resources
Research and Statistics Staff | Macroeconomic Analysis Section
David E. Lebow
Assistant Director
Division of Research and Statistics
Chief, Macroeconomic Analysis Section
Contact Information
202-452-3057
david.e.lebow@frb.gov
Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Prices
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1989
S.B., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983
Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1989-present
Senior Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1998-2006
Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements, 2003-2004
Special Assistant to Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1994-1995
Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1989-1997
Research Fellow, Brookings Institution, 1988-1989
Research Assistant, World Bank, 1985-1986
Selected Publications
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''The Monetisation of Japan's Government Debt,'' in
Daniele Franco, ed.,
Public Debt. Rome, Italy: Bank of Italy, 2005, forthcoming.
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Inflation Measurement
(with Jeremy B. Rudd),
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-43. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
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''Measurement Error in the Consumer Price Index: Where Do We Stand?''
(with Jeremy B. Rudd),
Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 41
(March 2003), pp. 159-201.
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''Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Evidence from the Employment Cost Index''
(with Raven E. Saks and Beth Anne Wilson),
Advances in Macroeconomics, Article 2, vol. 3
(2003), pp. 1-28.
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Recent Trends in Compensation Practices
(with Louise Sheiner, Larry Slifman, and Martha Starr-McCluer),
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-32. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1999.
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Asking About Prices: A New Approach to Understanding Price Stickiness
(with Alan S. Blinder, Elie R. D. Canetti, and Jeremy B. Rudd).
: Russell Sage Foundation, 1998.
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Inflation, Nominal Wage Rigidity, and the Efficiency of Labor Markets
(with David J. Stockton and William L. Wascher),
Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1995-45. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1995.
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''Is the Shift toward Employment in Services Stabilizing?''
(with Daniel E. Sichel), in
Patrick T. Harker, ed.,
The Service Productivity and Quality Challenge. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
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''Import Competition and Wages: The Role of the Nontradable Goods Sector,''
Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 75
(August 1993), pp. 552-58.
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