Ellen E Meade, Research Professor

Ellen Meade joined the Economics Department at Duke as a Research Professor in July 2022. Previously, she spent 25 years at the Federal Reserve Board and 12 years in academia. Before leaving the Fed, she was a Special Adviser to the Fed Board of Governors and Vice Chair Richard Clarida as well as Senior Adviser in the Division of Monetary Affairs. From 2011-2021, she worked primarily on monetary policy and communications; she played a key role in the Federal Reserve’s new framework for monetary policy and the Fed Listens initiative in 2019 and 2020. From late 2021 until joining Duke, she advised private-sector financial institutions on the economic and policy outlook.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	419 Chapel Drive, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 1800
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://duke.box.com/s/cac1gnpoki0vlav3n79mxzsle35c4foq

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• FECON 390.01, TOPICS IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS Synopsis

  Old Chem 101, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• FECON 374S.01, INFLATION Synopsis

  Old Chem 101, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	1988
B.A.	Duke University	1979

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Meade, EE; Starr, M; Bansak, C, Changes in Women's Representation in Economics: New Data from the AEA Papers and Proceedings, FEDS Notes, vol. 2021 no. 2961 (August, 2021), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [doi]  [abs]
2. Meade, E; Kahn, R, International Aspects of Central Banking: Diplomacy and Coordination, in Research Handbook on Central Banking, edited by Lastra, R; Conti-Brown, P (May, 2018), ISBN 9781784719210  [abs]
3. Anderson, A; Ihrig, J; Meade, E; Weinbach, G, What Happened in Money Markets after the Fed's December Rate Increase?, FEDS Notes, vol. 2016 no. 1713 (February, 2016), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [doi]  [abs]
4. Ihrig, J; Meade, E; Weinbach, G; Josselyn, M, The Federal Reserve's New Approach to Raising Interest Rates, FEDS Notes, vol. 2016 no. 1706 (February, 2016), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System [doi]  [abs]
5. Ihrig, JE; Meade, EE; Weinbach, GC, Rewriting Monetary Policy 101: What’s the Fed’s Preferred Post-Crisis Approach to Raising Interest Rates?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 29 no. 4 (November, 2015), pp. 177-198, American Economic Association [doi]  [abs]