Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Jim Dolmas is a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. His main research interests lie in the field of macroeconomics, where he has worked on topics such as the effectiveness of stabilization policy, the costs associated with business cycles and the politico-economic determinants of inflation and immigration policy.

Dolmas holds a PhD in economics from the University of Rochester and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Chicago. Before coming to the Dallas Fed in June 2000, he taught economics for seven years at Southern Methodist University. He has also taught at the University of Rochester and at the University of Texas in Austin.