Melanie Friedrichs
Researcher at the Office of Financial Research
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Researcher at the Office of Financial Research
U.S. Department of the Treasury
melanie.r.friedrichs@gmail.com
About me
I am a Research Economist at the Office of Financial Research in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. I graduted from NYU Stern with a PhD in Economics in 2024.
I study novel policy and business cycle mechanisms, with applications to long term growth and secular trends. Most of my research focuses on the implications of finance and portfolio choice for real output and inflation in general equilibrium, particularly in response to risk or policy shocks. My goal is to build models that are useful for applied policy analysis. See more information on the "Research" tab!
From 2022-2023, while on leave from NYU, I was the staff economist for macroeconomics at the Council of Economics Advisors in the Executive Office of the President. Prior to my PhD, I worked as a Research Assistant in the International Financial Stability section of the International Finance Division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and returned there as a Dissertation Fellow in 2021.
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Finance, Firm Dynamics, Growth, Spatial Economics, Gender Economics, Entrepreneurship