St. Louis Fed Economists Support Wider Efforts

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economic policy advisor Oksana Leukhina has been named to the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute to serve the broader Federal Reserve System. The mission of the institute, established in 2017 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, is to conduct and promote research that will increase economic opportunity and inclusive growth and help the Federal Reserve achieve its maximum employment mandate. Leukhina will conduct research to help meet the institute's mission.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economic policy advisor Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria has been appointed secretary of the Society for Economic Dynamics (SED), which encourages and supports economic research through publications, conferences, and web dissemination. In 2019, the St. Louis Fed co-hosted a SED meeting in coordination with Washington University in St. Louis.