Overview
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.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Professor of Economics
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2022 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Using Generative AI Models to Understand FOMC Monetary Policy Discussions
Internet Publication · December 6, 2024 Full text Link to item CiteJanet Yellen, Pioneer and Policymaker
Journal Article History of Political Economy · August 1, 2024 Full text CiteImpact versus Inclusion in the Economics Profession: Insights from the Papers and Proceedings
Conference AEA Papers and Proceedings · May 1, 2024 We examine trends in author representation, research topics, and impact of citations to articles in the American Economic Review and what was formerly its Papers & Proceedings (P&P). Over what we refer to as the P&P expansion period (2 ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Princeton University ·
1988
Ph.D.
Duke University ·
1979
B.A.