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Brent Meyer

Affiliation: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Brent Meyer is an economic analyst in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His research interests are monetary policy, macroeconomics, inflation, and forecasting.

Mr. Meyer joined the Bank in 2006 as a research assistant and was promoted to economic analyst in 2007. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hillsdale College and a master’s degree in economics from Bowling Green State University.

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Brent Meyer's Latest Articles | 7

Should We Even Read the Monthly Inflation Report? Maybe Not. Then Again…

Jun 1, 2011| 

In a recent issue of Economic Synopsis, our colleague Dan Thornton of the St. Louis Fed questions the usefulness of the traditional core inflation statistics—the... Read »

The Money-Inflation Connection: It’s Baaaack!

Jul 28, 2010| 

Our St. Louis Fed colleague David Andolfatto declares it is time to bury the old saw that says when it comes to inflation, follow the money: “One of the ideas... Read »

Sticky-price CPI up slightly in April… Wait, what?

May 20, 2010| 

No matter how you cut the April report on consumer prices, retail inflation keeps coming up zero. Here are the key points: The consumer price index (CPI) fell... Read »

The September CPI with All the Trimmings

Oct 16, 2009| 

Yesterday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that retail prices rose 2 percent (annualized) in September, and it characterized the increase as “broad... Read »

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