Kathryn Dominguez

Core faculty

Kathryn M. Dominguez

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Dominguez's research focuses on topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics. A research associate at the NBER, she is also a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers at CBO, the Advisory Scientific Committee of the ESRB, and the Economic Advisory Panel of the New York Fed.

In the Media

Dominguez discusses weakening dollar

Sep 3, 2024 Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, Marketplace: The dollar’s value, like the value of goods in any marketplace, is affected by how much demand there is for it. And lately, demand has been weakening.“The main driver is the anticipation that the [Federal Reserve] is...

Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview

In the Media

Dominguez: What is “maximum employment”?

Jul 29, 2024 Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, Marketplace: Generally speaking, if more and more people are employed and the unemployment rate drops and drops further, companies may have trouble finding workers, and they’ll raise wages to attract them. That would increase...

In the Media

Dominguez: Yen appreciation not a threat to U.S. economy

Sep 21, 2023 Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, Marketplace: If the yen jumps around too much, anyone that wants to trade with Japan might hold off. Supply chains could seize up. Kathryn Dominguez, a professor at the University of Michigan, said this is not the time for that to...

State & Hill

Faculty News, spring 2023

May 3, 2023

Dominique Adams-Santos, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, and PhD candidate Kayonne Christy contributed a chapter, "Narratives in Context: Locating Racism and Sexism in Black Women's Health Experiences," to The Routledge Companion to...

Headshots of Kathryn M. Dominguez, Rusty Hills, Morela Hernandez, Brian Jacob, Barry Rabe, Megan Stewart, David Thacher, Christina Weiland

News

Dominguez named to Federal Home Loan Bank Indianapolis board of directors

Apr 14, 2023

Ford School economics professor Kathryn Dominguez has been named to the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank Indianapolis. She will serve as an independent director and fill an unexpired term beginning April 1, 2023, through Dec. 31,...

Publication

Dominguez analyzes central bank frameworks and suggests designs for future crises

Mar 5, 2023

As a result of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and the financial turmoil triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks have expanded their policy frameworks to protect financial stability. In a new article published by the European Systemic Risk...

In the Media

Dominguez breaks down Japan's monetary policy

Jan 18, 2023 NPR Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, NPR Marketplace: "In fact, it looks like it was a slight pivot and a hold, as opposed to a marching down a new...

In the Media

Dominguez breaks down how exchange rates impact inflation

Jan 13, 2023 BBC

Kathryn Dominguez, BBC: "We saw this really dramatic appreciation of the dollar when the US was really moving most forcefully against inflation earlier in 2022. As exchange rates stabilize, that kind of moving of inflation from one country to...

In the Media

Dominguez discusses the impact of Japan's increasing interest rates

Dec 21, 2022 Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, NPR Marketplace: Higher interest rates can also help Japan combat inflation more generally. And that could help other countries too, said Kathryn Dominguez, an economics professor at the University of Michigan. "If all...

State & Hill

The Ford School and the Fed: Connections at the center of monetary policy

Dec 19, 2022

By Miriam Wasserman At a time when the U.S. economy is facing the highest inflation in 40 years, two former Ford School deans have a vote on the 12-person committee in charge of steering U.S. monetary policy. Michael Barr will have a vote on the...

In the Media

Dominguez discusses the weakening dollar

Dec 5, 2022 NPR Marketplace

Kathryn Dominguez, NPR Marketplace: "Manufacturing companies that are selling abroad and competing with foreign manufacturers may find that they are able to do better with a less-strong...

News

CFLP welcomes Kathryn Dominguez as new co-faculty director

Aug 29, 2022

The Center on Finance, Law & Policy (CFLP) welcomes international economist Kathryn Dominguez as its new co-faculty director. Professor Dominguez joins Ross School of Business assistant professor Jeremy Kress as co-director. She replaces CFLP...

News

Ford School economists weigh in on inflation and recession fears

Jul 28, 2022

News this week that GDP had contracted for the second quarter in a row, combined with the Fed’s interest rate hike and persistent inflationary pressure, are creating fear that the U.S. economy is headed towards recession. Yet the picture is...

Photo of a person's arm holding a gasoline pump nozzle in position as it dispenses fuel into a black vehicle

In the Media

Dominguez on euro-dollar parity

Jul 17, 2022 NPR

For the first time in two decades, the value of the dollar and the euro are equal on international currency markets. NPR quotes Ford School professor Kathryn Dominguez saying the two currencies are at parity because of how investors feel about the...

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Dominguez comments on "reverse currency wars"

Jul 13, 2022 Planet Money

As countries around the world work to fight inflation, central banks have a limited number of options to cool their economies. When countries raise interest rates, and their currencies get stronger, they may begin to engage in a competition with...

In the Media

Dominguez: Some positives in weakened dollar

Jun 12, 2022 China Daily

A recent panel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy and the Brookings Institution featuring Ford School professor Kathryn Dominguez examined the potential softening of the U.S. dollar as the world's dominant currency. The China Daily...

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Faculty News fall 2020

Dec 9, 2020

Javed Ali organized a panel for New America on domestic terrorism. His new podcast, The Burn Bag, produced with two Ford School alumni, A'ndre Gonawela (BA ‘19) and Ryan Rosenthal (BA ‘19), has featured U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, General David...

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Tracking the issues: post-2020 election

Dec 9, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Ford School faculty weighed in on what happened and what’s next, including the immediate policies a Biden-Harris Administration should tackle. Jenna Bednar Professor of public policy and political...

News

Weiser Diplomacy Center participates in U.S. State Department Diplomacy Lab program for aspiring diplomats

Sep 23, 2020

Disinformation in sub-Saharan Africa, money laundering in the Western Hemisphere, space diplomacy, China’s domestic drug problem and international hostage negotiation are real-world issues that students will explore as the Ford School’s Weiser...

News

Dominguez on economic fallout from COVID-19 pandemic

Aug 12, 2020

The economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic has been dramatic and wide ranging, affecting millions of Americans and their employment, incomes, health care, and access to education, while exposing significant inequality in all of those...

In the Media

What future global role for the dollar?

Aug 10, 2020 NPR Marketplace

An NPR Marketplace story states, "The U.S. dollar has been on a pretty steady decline ever since the pandemic began and the American economy plunged into recession. As every major currency is rising against the greenback, some financial...

In the Media

Dominguez shares insight on big bank stress testing under Fed supervision

Jun 25, 2020 NPR Marketplace

Stress testing is "a very time-consuming process because you’ve got to figure out how every single asset and liability is likely to be affected by this scenario,” said Kathryn Dominguez. Read or listen to the full segment on NPR...

In the Media

Dominguez on the post-COVID economy

May 12, 2020 NPR Marketplace

Ford School professor of public policy and economics Kathryn Dominguez tells NPR's Marketplace that consumer goods consumption may well change in the post-COVID economy, making current measures of inflation less relevant. “There will be lots of...

In the Media

In a currency war, everyone loses

Dec 2, 2019 Marketplace

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In the Media

What a rate cut means (and doesn’t mean)

Sep 11, 2019 Marketplace

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State & Hill

Catch up on Ford School faculty news - Winter 2019 State & Hill

Apr 17, 2019

In August, John Z. Ayanian published a policy–focused article with colleagues in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “ Mitigating the risks of Medicaid work requirements.” Michael S. Barr teamed up with Howell E. Jackson and Margaret E....

Dominguez named to European economic committee

Oct 9, 2018

The Ford School’s Kathryn Dominguez, an economics professor, was named to the Advisory Scientific Committee (ASC) of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), which oversees financial systems of the European Union to mitigate and prevent systemic...

Dominguez in South China Morning Post: U.S. casts nervous eye over Chinese debt

Jun 19, 2017

Kathryn Dominguez is quoted in a new South China Morning Post story about China’s rising debt levels: “US casting nervous eye at China’s ‘phenomenal’ debt levels, says former Obama pick for the Fed.” “It’s really quite phenomenal how high the...

State & Hill

Ford School faculty news from the fall 2016 edition of State & Hill

Dec 30, 2016

Bob Axelrod's latest paper, published in Psychological Science, explores increasing attention to causality in western society. John Ayanian is serving on a National Academies committee focused on accounting for socioeconomic status in Medicare...