Janet Koech
Assistant Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Janet Koech is assistant economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. As a member of the Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute, she conducts research and current analysis on international economic issues, produces articles for bank publication and contributes to the Dallas Fed’s website by writing updates on the international economy. She has worked with emerging markets data, has an interest in applied monetary economics and development and is taking a leading role in developing measures and indicators of world economic activity.

Koech has been with the Dallas Fed since 2007. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MA in economics from the University of Kansas.

Janet Koech
Assistant Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Education

• University of Kansas
  MA in economics
  BBA in economics

Experience

• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Research Department
  Assistant Economist, August 2010 to present
  Senior Research Analyst, 2008 to 2009
  Research Analyst, 2007 to 2008

Academic Publications

• “Core Import Price Inflation in the United States,” with Mark A. Wynne, Open Economies Review, Vol.23, November 2012.

Dallas Fed Web Articles

• “Recovery Continues, Risks Remain,” with Adrienne Mack and Anthony Landry, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, September 24, 2010
• “Global Recovery Continues, but Rate of Expansion Moderates” with Payton Odom, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, August 13, 2010
• “Global Economy Gains Traction, but Recovery Is Uneven,” with Enrique Martínez-García, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, April 29, 2010
• “Ailing Global Economy Limps Toward Recovery,” with Enrique Martínez-García, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, September 3, 2009
• “Economies Still Contracting, Gradual Growth Expected in 2010,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, May 05, 2009
• “Global Growth Declines Further,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, January 30, 2009
• “Global Growth Slows” with Ananth Ramanarayan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, September 18, 2008
• “Challenging Times,” with Enrique Martínez-García, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, August 11, 2008
• “Weakening Global Growth, Increasing Inflationary Pressures” with Edwin Lai, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, April 30, 2008
• “Global Growth Deceleration Continues,” with Adriana Fernandez, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, April 4, 2008
• “Global Economy Strong but Slowing,” with Erwan Quintin, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas International Economic Update, February 15, 2008

Federal Reserve System Publications

• “Bringing Banking to the Masses, One Phone at a Time,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, Vol. 7, No. 11, October 2012.
• “One-Size-Fits-All Monetary Policy: Europe and the U.S.,” with Mark A. Wynne, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, Vol. 7, No. 9, September 2012.
• “China’s Slowdown May be Worse Than Official Data Suggest,” with Jian Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, Vol. 7, No. 7, August 2012.
• “Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe,”> Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2011 Annual Report, February 2012.

• "Africa—Missing Globalization's Rewards?" Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2010 Annual Report, May 2011.
• "The Euro and the Dollar in the Crisis and Beyond," with Enrique Martínez-García, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute 2010 Annual Report, May 2011.
• “A Historical Look at the Labor Market During Recessions,” with Enrique Martínez-García, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2010
  Technical Appendix and Dataset Files

Working Papers

• “Core Import Price Inflation in the United States,” with Mark A. Wynne,  Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper no. 131, November 2012.