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Kevin L. Kliesen

Business Economist and Research Officer

Education

M.A. Economics
Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado
1989

B.S. Agricultural Business
Colorado State University
1985

Contact Info

Phone: (314) 444-8583
Fax: (314) 444-8731

Research Division
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, MO 63166-0442

For media inquiries, contact:
Shera Dalin
mediainquiries@stls.frb.org
Phone: (314) 444-3911

Kevin L. Kliesen

Business Economist and Research Officer

Economic Data

"Measuring Financial Market Stress"
with Douglas C. Smith 

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, 2010, No. 2.
The St. Louis Fed's Financial Stress Index (STLFSI): Appendix | Data


FRED-SD: State-Level Databases for Macroeconomic Research and Forecasting
FRED-SD is a large macroeconomic database designed for the empirical analysis of state-level. The datasets of monthly and quarterly observations are updated in real-time through the FRED database.




Selected Publications

"FRED-SD: A Real-Time Database for State-Level Data with Forecasting Applications"
with  Kathryn O. Bokun,  Laura E. Jackson, and Michael T. Owyang
International Journal of Forecasting, January-March 2023, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 279-297
Working Paper

"The Nonlinear Effects of Uncertainty Shocks"
with  Laura E. Jackson and Michael T. Owyang
Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, September 2020, Vol. 24, No. 4, 20190024, pp. online
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1515/snde-2019-0024

"Managing a New Policy Framework: Paul Volcker, the St. Louis Fed, and the 1979-82 War on Inflation"
with David C. Wheelock
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Working Paper 2020-022B, July 2020

"Do Oil Shocks Drive Business Cycles? Some U.S. and International Evidence"
with  Kristie M. Engemann and Michael T. Owyang
Macroeconomic Dynamics, November 2011, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 498-517
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1365100511000216

"How Does the FOMC Learn About Economic Revolutions? Evidence from the New Economy Era, 1994-2001"
with Richard G. Anderson
Business Economics, January 2012, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 27-56
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1057/be.2011.36