I am an economist at the Federal Reserve Board supporting its Expanded Measurement Agenda and Industrial Production statistical release.  This work continues a history of converting Big Data into better real-time measures of key economic indicators.  As a graduate student at the University of Michigan, I supported the Re-Engineering Statistics using Economic Transactions project by applying machine learning and natural language processing techniques to produce hedonic models for product imputations in price indices. 

My research examines how macroeconomic conditions affect household well-being, with a focus on inflation and consumption and interests extending also to employment, income, and wealth.  

Email: kelsey.j.oflaherty@frb.gov
Fields: macroeconomics, labor economics