Business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Education

• 1990 Master of Arts in Applied Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
   
• 1986 Bachelor of Science (Economics), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Academic Publications

• "How Well Does the Beige Book Reflect Economic Activity? Evaluating Qualitative Information Quantitatively," with Nathan Balke, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, February 2002.

Dallas Fed Monograph Publications

• "The Changing Face of Texas: Population Projections and Implications," with Laila Assanie, The Face of Texas: Jobs, People, Business and Change, 2005.

Dallas Fed and Other Publications

• "Hot Housing Market Catching Cold in Texas," Southwest Economy, Jan./Feb. 2008
   
• "Texas Transitions to Service Economy," Southwest Economy, May/June 2007
   
  
• "Mid-year Update: Major Metros Driving Texas Expansion," Southwest Economy, July/August 2006.
   
• "Texas Housing: A Boom with no Bubble?" Southwest Economy, May/June 2006.
   
• "Texas Metros Contribute to 2005 Job Growth," Southwest Economy, January/February 2006.
   
• "Texas 2006 Commercial Construction Outlook," Construction News (Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio journals), January 2006.
   
• "In a State of Change: The Rapidly Growing and Increasingly Diverse Population of Texas," with Laila Assanie, Texas Business Review, Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas at Austin, June 2005.
   
• "Empty Spaces: Are Texas Office Markets on the Road to Recovery?" Southwest Economy, March/April 2005.
   
• "Update: Revised Job Numbers Suggest Texas Office Markets May See Quicker Turnaround," Southwest Economy, April 2005.
   
• "Economic Recovery under Way in Major Texas Metros," with Pricilla Caputo, Southwest Economy, March/April 2004 .
   
• "Texas Economy Warming Up in 2003," Southwest Economy, July/August 2003.
   
• "Does Being Different Matter?" with Finn E. Kydland, Nobel laureate, Economic Review, Third Quarter 1997.
   
• "Silicon Prairie: How High Tech Is Redefining Texas' Economy," with Michelle Burchfiel, Southwest Economy, May/June 1997 .
   
• "The South: Taking the Lead in the 1990s," with Marci Rossell, Southwest Economy, 1996 .
   
• "Texas: Demographically Different," Southwest Economy, May/June 1996.
   
• "From Crude Oil to Computer Chips: How Technology Is Changing the Texas Economy," with Michelle Thomas, Southwest Economy, Nov./Dec.1995,
   
• "Is Texas’ Real Estate Boom a House of Cards?" Southwest Economy, May/June 1995.
   
• "The Texas Construction Sector; The Tail That Wagged the Dog," with Keith Phillips and Mine Yucel, Economic Review, Second Quarter 1994.
   
• "Demographics and the Long-Term Outlook for Housing Investment," with Kent Hill, Economic Review, First Quarter 1994 .
   
• "From Baby Boom to Housing Bust: How Demographics Will Affect Housing Demand," Southwest Economy, July/Aug. 1994.
   
• "Southwest Outlook Brighter in 1994," Southwest Economy, Jan./Feb. 1994, with others.
   
• "Southwest’s Economic Growth to Exceed Nation’s," with others, Southwest Economy, March April, 1993.
   
• "Will Office Real Estate in Texas Ever Recover?" Southwest Economy, September/October, 1992.
   
• "Growth in the U.S. Economy Depends on Stronger Consumer Spending," with Harvey Rosenblum and Evan Koenig, Southwest Economy, March/April 1992.
   
• "Money Growth, Supply Shocks, and Inflation," with Joseph Haslag, Economic Review, March 1991.
   
• "Southwest to Dodge Recession," with others, Southwest Economy, January/February, 1991.
   
• "Money: Its Effect on the Southwest Economy," with Cara Lown, Southwest Economy, January 1990.