Jenny Tang
Jenny Tang
Vice President and Economist

Research

email  Jenny.Tang@bos.frb.org

617-973-2945

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Primary fields of research

Macroeconomics, monetary policy, and international finance

Publications

Refereed journal articles

The Mitigating Effect of Masks on the Spread of COVID-19,” with Daniel H. Cooper, Vaishali Garga, and María José Luengo-Prado. 2023. Economics & Human Biology Vol. 48, Article No. 101195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101195

Tariff Pass-Through at the Border and at the Store: Evidence from US Trade Policy,” with Alberto Cavallo, Gita Gopinath, and Brent Neiman. 2021. American Economic Review: Insights 3(1): 19–34.

Working papers and other unpublished papers

Inflation Levels and (In)Attention,” with Anat Bracha. 2022. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 22-4. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2022.04

Interest Rate Surprises: A Tale of Two Shocks.” 2022. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 22-2. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2022.02

A Fundamental Connection: Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Expectations,” with Vania Stavrakeva. 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 20-20. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2020.20

The Roles of Mobility and Masks in the Spread of COVID-19,” with Daniel Cooper, Vaishali Garga, and María José Luengo-Prado. 2020. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Current Policy Perspectives. December 18, 2020.

"Inflation Thresholds and Inattention" with Anat Bracha. 2019. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 19-14.

Tariff Passthrough at the Border and at the Store: Evidence from US Trade Policy,” Alberto Cavallo, Gita Gopinath, and Brent Neiman. 2019. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 19–12.

"The Dollar During the Global Recession: US Monetary Policy and the Exorbitant Duty." 2018. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 18–10.

News-Driven Uncertainty Fluctuations,” with Dongho Song. 2018. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 18-3

"FOMC Communication and Interest Rate Sensitivity to News." 2017. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 17-12.

"Exchange Rates and the Yield Curve," with Vania Stavrakeva. 2016. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 16-21.

"Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy," with Vania Stavrakeva. 2015. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 15-16.

"Uncertainty and the Signaling Channel of Monetary Policy." 2015. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 15-8.

"An Exact Approximation for Dynamic Stochastic Models," with Brock Mendel. 2012.

"A Principal Components Approach to Estimating Labor Market Pressure and Its Implications for Inflation," with Michelle Barnes, Ryan Chahrour, and Giovanni Olivei. 2007. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Public Policy Briefs No. 07-2.