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John Robertson

Affiliation: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

John C. Robertson is a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is the team leader for the macropolicy and applied microeconomic research group at the Atlanta Fed and is one of the Bank's senior monetary policy advisers.

Dr. Robertson joined the Atlanta Fed's research department in December 1997 from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. His research has been published in many distinguished economics journals. He became an assistant vice president in 2000 and assumed his current position in December 2005.

A native of Dunedin, New Zealand, Dr. Robertson holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech in 1992 and is married with two children.

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John Robertson's Latest Articles | 5

The Demand and Supply of Bank Credit

Jan 13, 2010| 

In his recent speech, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart highlighted concerns about the linkage between commercial real estate loan problems... Read »

What’s Up with the Young Folks?

Jan 7, 2010| 

All eyes will be on tomorrow’s employment/unemployment report, for good reasons. The relative strength of the report will provide yet more essential information... Read »

Jobs and the Potential Commercial Real Estate Problem: Still Keeping Us Up at Night

Dec 3, 2009| 

In the season of good cheer, it is certainly gratifying to know that some in the economic forecasting business are actually feeling cheerier: Reaffirming last month’s... Read »

Small Businesses, Small Banks, Big Problems?

Nov 13, 2009| 

In a speech on Tuesday, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart drew some connections between the current commercial real estate (CRE) problems... Read »

A Look at Another Job Market Number

Oct 14, 2009| 

As we’ve written in this blog recently, U.S. labor markets are weak at present and are likely to remain that way for some time. Last week’s U.S. Bureau... Read »

Economic Troughs, Changes in the Unemployment Rate, and Fed Policy

Oct 3, 2009| 

Recent data on the U.S. economy have been mixed. But yesterday’s weak labor market report (discussed more here, here, and here) provides a reminder that thinking... Read »