Kevin Kliesen

Kevin L. Kliesen is a business economist in the Supervisory Policy and
Risk Analysis Unit at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, which is located in
the Bank Supervision and Regulation Division. He came to the Bank in 1988
after graduating from Colorado State University with an M.A. in Economics. As
a business economist, the bulk of his duties comprise reporting on and analyzing
current U.S. macroeconomic developments and trends. Previously, he was part of
the Research Division.

In his capacity as a business economist, he writes the Bank’s monthly
Report on Economic Activity, an internal report on general economic conditions
that is prepared prior to each Board of Directors meeting. He also briefs the Bank
president and staff economists on U.S. economic conditions prior to each Federal
Open Market Committee meeting. He also prepares internal reports on
macroeconomic conditions and their implication for monetary policy and bank
supervisory policy for internal Bank officers and employees. Another important
aspect of this position involves speaking to the general public and other interested
groups about U.S. economic and monetary policy developments. Besides writing
for the Regional Economist, a quarterly publication written for a nontechnical
audience, he also writes for the Review, which is the Bank’s peer-reviewed
economic journal. He has also written for professional economics journals, and he
has authored several book reviews.

In addition to his responsibilities at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,
he has taught economics part-time at Washington University in St. Louis since
2007. Professionally, he is a member of the American Economic Association and
the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). He was President of
the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of NABE from 1999 to 2000. From 2002 to 2005,
he served on the Board of the Directors of the national NABE organization. In
addition to his interests in business economics and monetary policy, he is also
interested in the long-term fiscal problems facing the United States.