Melanie Friedrichs
Office of Financial Research, U.S. TreasuryMelanie Friedrichs joined the Office of Financial Research in 2024. Her primary areas of research are macrofinance, monetary policy, and credit cycles. Her research focuses on the implications of financial frictions and portfolio choice for output and inflation. She has served as a staff economist for macro at the Council of Economic Advisers and worked on international financial stability at the Federal Reserve Board. She holds a doctorate in economics from the NYU Stern School of Business.