Kristin Forbes

Kristin Forbes
Honorary CBE
External Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
In office
July 2014  June 2017
GovernorMark Carney
Preceded byBen Broadbent
Succeeded bySilvana Tenreyro
Member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
In office
May 2003  June 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRandall Kroszner
Succeeded byMatthew J. Slaughter
Katherine Baicker
Personal details
Born (1970-08-21) 21 August 1970
Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.
SpouseSteve Calhoun
Alma mater
Academic background
Doctoral advisorRudi DornbuschPaul Krugman • Jaume Ventura
Academic work
DisciplineMacroeconomics
International economics
Monetary economics
Institutions
AwardsNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Ford Foundation Fellowship
Michael Brennan Award
Website

Kristin J. Forbes (born August 21, 1970) is an American macroeconomist and policy adviser currently serving as the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She was formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. Forbes' research focuses on international macroeconomics, monetary economics, and macroprudential policy. Alongside her academic appointments, she sits on advisory boards to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, International Monetary Fund, and Bank for International Settlements. Forbes is also the convener of the Bellagio Group, as of 2020.