Garrett Golding
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Garrett Golding is an assistant vice president for energy programs at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In this role, he leads cross-functional collaboration within the Dallas Fed and engagement with energy industry leaders to develop new insights on the intersection of energy and the economy.
He joined the Dallas Fed in 2019 as a business economist and was promoted to senior business economist in 2022. His work has focused primarily on oil and gas markets, geopolitics and the transition to renewable energy.
Prior to joining the Dallas Fed, Golding held positions in the private energy industry and was an energy policy advisor at the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Golding earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Baylor University, a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College and a graduate certificate in energy and commodities from the University of Colorado Denver.
- New Mexico fuels U.S. crude oil output, funding for local programs Southwest EconomyMarch 24, 2025.
- Solar, battery capacity saved the Texas grid last summer; an uncertain future awaits Dallas Fed EconomicsJanuary 14, 2025.
- Electric reliability concerns spur Texas backup generation boom Southwest EconomyDecember 6, 2024.
- Addressing Texas grid reliability: Time to go nuclear? Southwest EconomyMay 13, 2024.
- Cost of Texas’ 2021 deep freeze justifies weatherization Dallas Fed EconomicsApril 15, 2021.
- “Record-breaking Texas summer heat tests the grid, ERCOT operations,” Dallas Fed Economics, October 17, 2023.
- “Refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve offers chance to recalibrate its size,” Dallas Fed Economics, October 3, 2023.
- “Texas electrical grid remains vulnerable to extreme weather events,” Dallas Fed Economics, January 17, 2023.
- “High Fuel Prices in the U.S. May Crimp Oil Demand Soon,” Dallas Fed Economics, June 21, 2022.
- “Don’t Look to Oil Companies to Lower High Retail Gasoline Prices,” with Lutz Kilian, Dallas Fed Economics, May 10, 2022.
- “A Ban on U.S. Crude Oil Exports Would Not Lower Gasoline Prices at the Pump,” with Lutz Kilian, Dallas Fed Economics, January 04, 2022.
- “Surging Renewable Energy in Texas Prompts Electricity Generation Adequacy Questions,” Dallas Fed Economics, August 17, 2021.
- “Spotlight: Oil Patch Productivity Rises; Jobs Vanish,” with Sean Howard, Southwest Economy, no. 2, 2021.
- “Cost of Texas’ 2021 Deep Freeze Justifies Weatherization,” with Anil Kumar and Karel Mertens, Dallas Fed Economics, April 15, 2021.
- “Anticipated Federal Restrictions Would Slow Permian Basin Production,” with Kunal Patel, Dallas Fed Economics, March 04, 2021.
- “Falling Oil Prices Drag Down U.S. Business Investment,” with Martin Stuermer and Jesse Thompson, Dallas Fed Economics, May 14, 2020.
- “Don’t Expect U.S. Shale Producers to Respond Quickly to Geopolitical Disruption,” Dallas Fed Economics, October 03, 2019.