Media Info Home   Past News Releases   Faculty Experts   About Oberlin   Oberlin in the News   Photo Gallery   Contact Information Registered members of the media and press can download frequently requested photos. Faculty Experts at Oberlin College   Kenneth Kuttner Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics   • Macroeconomics, particularly in Japan • Monetary policy • Financial economics • Monetary aggregates and interest rates in monetary policy • Inflation targeting • Estimation of potential output • Reaction of financial markets to unanticipated shifts in Federal Reserve policy   • "Lost Decade in Translation: Did the U.S. Learn from Japan’s Post-Bubble Mistakes?” Coauthored with James Harrigan. In Reviving Japan’s Economy: Problems and Prescriptions. The MIT Press, 2005. • "What Explains the Stock Market’s Reaction to Federal Reserve Policy?” Coauthored with Ben Benanke. Journal of Finance, June 2005. • "A Snapshot of Inflation Targeting in Its Adolescence,” in The Future of Inflations Targeting. Reserve Bank of Australia, 2004. • "Monetary Policy Surprises and Interest Rates: Evidence from the Fed Funds Futures Market.” Journal of Monetary Economics, June 2001. • "Estimating Potential Output as a Latent Variable.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, July 1994. • "Money, Income, Prices, and Interest Rates.” Coauthored with Benjamin M. Friedman. American Economic Review, June 1992. • Assistant Vice President, research department, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1997-2003. • Associate Editor, Economic Policy Review, 1997-2000 • Senior Economist and Assistant Vice President, research department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1988-1995.   • BA, University of California at Berkeley, 1982 • MA, Harvard University, 1987 • PhD, Harvard University, 1989   • Kenneth Kuttner: Faculty Web Page • Kenneth Kuttner: Full Curriculum Vitae (PDF) • On the Spot Interview: From Analyst to Professor—Macroeconomist Trades Federal Reserve for Oberlin • On the Spot Interview, From Analyst to Professor—Macroeconomist Trades Federal Reserve for Oberlin, Part II While it may not make the world go round, money plays a vital role in human affairs—and even makes the world wobble on its axis every now and then. 440.775.8592 Kenneth.Kuttner@oberlin.edu Scott Wargo Director of Media Relations 153 W. Lorain St Oberlin, OH 44074 Phone: 440.775.8474 Fax: 440.775.6909