Person
Kurt G. Lunsford
Vice President
Areas of Expertise
macro and monetary economics, applied-time series statistics, forecasting
Department
Research
Education
- BS,
- Commerce,
- University of Virginia,
- 2005
- MS,
- Economics,
- University of Wisconsin–Madison,
- 2011
- PhD,
- Economics,
- University of Wisconsin–Madison,
- 2015
Kurt Lunsford is a vice president in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His research interests include macroeconomics, monetary policy, applied time series statistics, and forecasting.
Dr. Lunsford has a bachelor of science degree in commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He holds an MS and PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- “Asymptotically Valid Bootstrap Inference for Proxy SVARs.” With Carsten Jentsch. Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2022, 40(4): 1876-1891.
- “Policy Language and Information Effects in the Early Days of Federal Reserve Forward Guidance.” American Economic Review, 2020, 110(9): 2899–2934.
- “Some Evidence on Secular Drivers of US Safe Real Rates.” With Kenneth D. West. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019, 11(4): 113–139.
- “The Dynamic Effects of Personal and Corporate Income Tax Changes in the United States: Comment.” With Carsten Jentsch. American Economic Review, 2019, 109(7): 2655–2678.
- “Forecasting Residential Investment in the United States.” International Journal of forecasting, 2015, 31(2): 276–285.
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