R. Andrew Bauer (Andy) is vice president and regional executive for the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Bauer serves as the lead external facing officer for the Richmond Fed in Maryland, the Greater Washington metropolitan area, and West Virginia.
Through interactions with business, financial, academic, community, and state and local government contacts, Bauer gathers economic intelligence to inform the Bank's assessment of the economy and its monetary policy deliberations. He also works with community leaders and partners with regional organizations to share research perspectives in areas of expertise related to the Bank's mission, including advancing the Bank's community development goal of promoting investment in low- and moderate-income communities.
Bauer engages with the public in order to build a common understanding of the Federal Reserve's mission and gain regional input into the Federal Reserve's policy development processes. He also regularly speaks about national and regional economic conditions and Federal Reserve policy to business, professional and trade associations, community groups, and the media.
Prior to becoming regional executive, Bauer worked as a senior regional economist at the Richmond Fed. In that capacity, he was responsible for monitoring and analyzing macroeconomic and regional economic conditions and spoke regularly about the economy and monetary policy. Before joining the Richmond Fed in 2006, he worked as an economic analyst in the macroeconomic policy group in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Bauer serves on the board of the Maryland Council of Economic Education, is an instructor at the Maryland Banking Association's Banking School and is a former affiliate assistant professor at Loyola University.
Bauer earned his doctorate in economics from Emory University in 2007 and a bachelor's degree from American University in 1994.
Bauer reviewed local and national economic conditions for a group of business executives in Garrett County, Md.
Bauer reviewed economic conditions in the Washington, D.C., metro region for the directors of a community bank in Reston, Va.
Andy Bauer reviewed economic conditions in Northern Virginia and the D.C. metro area in Feb. 2018.
Andy Bauer discussed the national economy in Nov. 2017.
Andy Bauer discussed the national economy in May 2017.
Andy Bauer reviewed economic conditions in February 2017.
Andy Bauer reviewed economic conditions in Maryland and the nation in October 2016.
Andy Bauer reviewed regional economic conditions in May 2016.
Andy Bauer discussed the national economy in November 2015.
Andy Bauer reviewed national economic conditions in August 2015.
Andy Bauer reviewed economic conditions in the U.S. and Maryland in March 2015.
Andy Bauer provided his view of the national economy in Oct. 2014.
Andy Bauer provided an overview of economic conditions in May 2014.
Andy Bauer discussed hydraulic fracturing and other developments in energy markets in Feb. 2014.
Andy Bauer provided his outlook for the nation and the D.C. metro area in Dec. 2013.
Andy Bauer reviewed the city's housing market and overall economic conditions in June 2013.
Andy Bauer reviewed national economic conditions in March 2013.
"Transparency, Expectations, and Forecasts" (with Robert A. Eisenbeis, Daniel F. Waggoner, and Tao Zha). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 91, no. 1 (1st Quarter 2006): 1-25.
"Smoothing the Shocks of a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model" (with Nicholas Haltom and Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 90, no. 2 (2nd Quarter 2005): 35-47.
"Decomposing Inflation" (with Nicholas Haltom and William Peterman). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 89, no. 1 (1st Quarter 2004): 39-51.
"Forecast Evaluation with Cross-Sectional Data: The Blue Chip Surveys" (with Robert A. Eisenbeis, Daniel F. Waggoner, and Tao Zha). Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review 88, no. 2 (2nd Quarter 2003): 17-31.
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