Contact Information
202-452-2437
robert.j.tetlow@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Monetary Economics
Macroeconomics
Computational Techniques

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Carleton University (Ottawa)
M.A., Economics, Simon Fraser University
B.A., Economics/Commerce, Simon Fraser University

Professional Experience
Economist, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board
Research Officer, Research Department, Bank of Canada
Senior Analyst, Research Department, Bank of Canada
Economist, Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis, Bank of Canada

Selected Publications

• ''Robustifying Learnability'' (with Peter von zur Muehlen), Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 33 (February 2009), pp. 296-316.
• ''Inflation Targeting and Target Instability,'' International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 4 (December 2008), pp. 151-92.
• ''On the Robustness of Simple and Optimal Monetary Policy Rules,'' Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 54 (July 2007), pp. 1397-1405.
• ''Real-Time Model Uncertainty in the United States: the Fed, 1996-2003'' (with Brian Ironside), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 39 (October 2007), pp. 1533-61.
• ''Monetary Policy, Asset Prices and Misspecification: the Robust Approach to Bubbles with Model Uncertainty,'' in Issues in Inflation Targeting. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 2006.
• ''Optimal Policy Projections'' (with Lars E. O. Svensson), International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 1 (December 2005), pp. 177-207.
• ''Avoiding Nash Inflation: Bayesian and Robust Responses to Model Uncertainty'' (with Peter von zur Muehlen), Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 7 (October 2004), pp. 869-99.
• ''Robust Monetary Policy with Misspecified Models: Does Model Uncertainty Always Call for Attenuated Policy?'' (with Peter von zur Muehlen), Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 25 (June 2001), pp. 911-49.
• ''Simplicity Versus Optimality: The Choice of Monetary Policy Rules When Agents Must Learn'' (with Peter von zur Muehlen), Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, vol. 25 (January 2001), pp. 245-79.
• ''Errors in the Measurement of the Output Gap and the Design of Monetary Policy'' (with Athanasios Orphanides, Richard D. Porter, David L. Reifschneider, and others), Journal of Economics and Business, vol. 52 (January 2000), pp. 117-41.
• Optimal Control of Large, Forward-Looking Models: Efficient Solutions and Two Examples (with Frederico S. Finan), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 1999-51. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1999.
• ''Learning and the Complexity of Monetary Policy Rules'' (with Peter von zur Muehlen and Frederico S. Finan), in Benjamin Hunt and Adrian Orr, ed., Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty. Wellington, New Zealand: Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1999.
• ''Expectations, Learning and the Cost of Disinflation'' (with Antulio Bomfim, Peter von zur Muehlen, and John C. Williams), in Monetary Policy and the Inflation Process. Basel, Switzerland: Bank for International Settlements, 1997.
• The Dynamic Model: QPM, The Bank of Canada's New Quarterly Projection Model, Part 3 (with Donald Coletti, Benjamin Hunt, and David Rose). Bank of Canada Technical Report, vol. 75. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 1996.
• Monetary Policy, Uncertainty and the Presumption of Linearity (with Douglas Laxton and David Rose). Bank of Canada Technical Report, vol. 63. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 1993.
• ''Government Debt and Deficits in Canada: A Macro Simulation Analysis'' (with R. Tiff Macklem and David E. Rose), in William B.P. Robson and William M. Scarth, ed., Deficit Reduction: What Pain, What Gain?. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 1994.
• A Simple Multivariate Filter for the Measurement of Potential Output (with Douglas Laxton). Technical Report, vol. 59. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 1992.
• Government Debt in an Open Economy (with Douglas Laxton). Technical Report, vol. 58. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 1992.
• The Steady-State Model: SSQPM, the Bank of Canada's New Quarterly Projection Model, Part 1 (with Richard Black, Douglas Laxton, and David E. Rose). Technical Report, vol. 72. Ottawa: Bank of Canada, 1994.