- Related Work: "Economics of Housing Externalities" (with Esteban Rossi-Hansberg) in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, edited by S.J. Smith et al., 47-50. Oxford: Elsevier, 2012.
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Ray Owens is a senior economist and policy advisor in the Research Department. Owens joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in 1983 after earning his master's degree from Virginia Tech in 1980.
In addition, Owens frequently talks to groups on current economic developments and is regularly quoted in the financial press. He created the Richmond Fed's monthly surveys of manufacturing and service sector activity.
In addition to tracking economic trends, Owens has researched credit issues, commercial and real estate markets, economic development incentives, and other regional economic topics.
"Trade Deficits (and Surpluses)." In Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues, vol. 2, edited by Michael Shally-Jensen, pp. 312-321. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011.
"Trade Surpluses and Deficits." In Battleground: Business, vol. 2, edited by Michael Walden and Peg Thoms, pp. 582-590. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.
"Government-Sponsored Enterprises." In Instruments of the Money Market, 7th edition, edited by Timothy Q. Cook and Robert K. LaRoche, pp. 139-155, Richmond, VA: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1993.
"Farmer Mac and Farm Lending." In Financing Agriculture in the 1990s: Structural Change and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 1990 Meeting of the Federal Reserve Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, pp. 49-55. Washington, DC: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1991.