Contact Information
202-452-2374
jane.t.haltmaier@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Technological Change and Growth
International Trade

Education
Ph.D., Macroeconomics, International Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1982
B.A., Economics/Political Science, Wellesley College, 1975

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1994-present
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, 1989-1994
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, 1991-1992
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, 1982-1989

Selected Publications

• The Role of China in Asia: Engine, Conduit, or Steamroller? (with Shaghil Ahmed, Brahima Coulibaly, Ross Knippenberg, and others), International Finance Discussion Papers 904. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.
• Preventing Deflation: Lessons from Japan’s Experiences in the 1990s (with Alan Ahearne, Joseph Gagnon, Steve Kamin, and others), International Finance Discussion Papers 729. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2002.
• The Use of Cyclical Indicators in Estimating the Output Gap in Japan, International Finance Discussion Papers 701. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2001.
• Inflation-Adjusted Potential Output, International Finance Discussion Papers 569. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1996.
• The Use of High-Frequency Data in Model-Based Forecasting at the Federal Reserve Board (with Carol Corrado), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1988-24. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1988.
• ''Minimum Variance Pooling of Forecasts at Different Levels of Aggregation'' (with Jeff Fuhrer), Journal of Forecasting, vol. 7 (Winter 1988), pp. 63-73.
• Induced Innovation and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Analysis, Staff Study 220. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1986.
• ''The Labor Productivity Slowdown in the United States: Evidence from Physical Output Measures'' (with Peter K. Clark), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 67 (August 1985), pp. 504-08.
• ''Measuring Technical Change,'' The Economic Journal, vol. 94 (December 1984), pp. 924-30.
• ''Disaggregation and the Labor Productivity Index'' (with Jack H. Beebe), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 65 (August 1983), pp. 487-91.
• Predicting Cycles in Economic Acitivty, International Finance Discussion Papers 926. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2008.