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Fariha Kamal

Principal Economist Industrial Output Section Research and Statistics
(240) 374 7778
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Syracuse University, 2011
  • M.B.A., Finance, Clark University, 2006
  • B.A., Economics, Mount Holyoke College, 2001
Current Research Topics
  • Global supply chains
  • International trade policy
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2025 - present
  • Senior International Economist

    White House Council of Economic Advisers

    2023 - 2024
  • Principal Economist

    U.S. Census Bureau

    2022 - 2025
  • Senior Economist

    U.S. Census Bureau

    2015 - 2022
  • Economist

    U.S. Census Bureau

    2011 - 2015
  • Actuarial Benefit Consultant

    Fidelity Investments

    2001 - 2006
  • Family-Leave Mandates and Female Labor at U.S. Firms: Evidence from a Trade Shock
    Fariha Kamal, Asha Sundaram, and Cristina J. Tello-Trillo
    Review of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming)
    https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01436
  • Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Exports: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism
    Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal, and Ryan Monarch
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210051
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2020)
  • Supply chain adjustments to tariff shocks: Evidence from firm trade linkages in the 2018-2019 U.S. trade war
    Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal, and Ryan Monarch
    Economics Letters (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112009
  • Aggregation Bias in the Measurement of US Global Value Chains
    Aaron Flaaen, Fariha Kamal, Eunhee Lee, and Kei-Mu Yi
    American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241022
  • A Portrait of US Factoryless Goods Producers
    Fariha Kamal
    Challenges of Globalization in the Measurement of National Accounts (2023)
  • Recall and response: Relationship adjustments to adverse information shocks
    Emek Basker and Fariha Kamal
    European Economic Review (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103903
  • Beyond Imports: The Supply Chain Effects of Trade Protection on Export Growth
    Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal, and Ryan Monarch
    FEDS Notes (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2751
  • Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Export Growth: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism
    Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal, and Ryan Monarch
    NBER Working Paper Series (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w26611
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2020)
  • Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Export Growth: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism
    Kyle Handley, Fariha Kamal, and Ryan Monarch
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2020.1270
  • Trade liberalisation and labour shares in China
    Fariha Kamal, Mary E. Lovely, and Devashish Mitra
    World Economy (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12857
  • Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers
    Fariha Kamal and Asha Sundaram
    Journal of Urban Economics (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2019.02.001
  • Identifying foreign suppliers in U.S. import data
    Fariha Kamal and Ryan Monarch
    Review of International Economics (2018)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12306
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2017)
  • Identifying Foreign Suppliers in U.S. Import Data
    Fariha Kamal and Ryan Monarch
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2017.1142r
  • Import competition from and offshoring to low-income countries: Implications for employment and wages at U.S. domestic manufacturers
    Fariha Kamal and Mary E. Lovely
    Journal of Asian Economics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2016.10.010
  • Buyer–seller relationships in international trade: Do your neighbors matter?
    Fariha Kamal and Asha Sundaram
    Journal of International Economics (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.07.006
  • The impact of information and communication technology adoption on multinational firm boundary decisions
    Wenjie Chen and Fariha Kamal
    Journal of International Business Studies (2016)
    https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2016.6
  • Identifying Foreign Suppliers in U.S. Merchandise Import Transactions
    Fariha Kamal, C. J. Krizan, and Ryan Monarch
    International Finance Discussion Papers (2015)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2015.1142
  • Origin of Foreign Direct Investment and Firm Performance: Evidence from Foreign Acquisitions of Chinese Domestic Firms
    Fariha Kamal
    World Economy (2015)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12147
  • Measuring "Factoryless" Manufacturing: Evidence from U.S. Surveys
    Fariha Kamal, Brent R. Moulton, and Jennifer Ribarsky
    Measuring Globalization: Better Trade Statistics for Better Policy (2015)
  • Does Firm Ownership Affect Spillover Opportunities? Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing
    Fariha Kamal
    Journal of Regional Science (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12051
  • Labor Allocation in China: Implicit Taxation of the Heterogeneous Non-State Sector
    Fariha Kamal and Mary E. Lovely
    CESifo Economic Studies (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifs026
  • Does deeper integration enhance spatial advantages? Market access and wage growth in China
    Fariha Kamal, Mary E. Lovely, and Puman Ouyang
    International Review of Economics & Finance (2012)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2011.10.006

  • conference

    May, 2025

    Federal Reserve System Committee on International Economic Analysis (SCIEA), New York, NY

    An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains

  • conference

    April, 2025

    Gray Symposium, Clark University, Worcester, MA

    An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains

  • conference

    March, 2025

    12th Atlanta Workshop on International Economics, Atlanta, GA

    An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments' Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains

  • seminar

    March, 2025

    Department of Commerce, Washington DC

    Rising Import Tariffs, Falling Export Growth: When Modern Supply Chains Meet Old-Style Protectionism

Conference Organization

  • 2014-2017 | Suitland, MD

    BEA-Census Research Workshop

    Organizer

  • 2016 | Washington, DC

    Workshop on Business Dynamics Statistics of U.S. Exporting Firms

    Organizer

Referee
  • American Economic Review: Insights
  • Applied Economics Letters
  • Bulletin of Economic Research
  • China Economic Review
  • Canadian Journal of Economics
  • Contemporary Economic Policy
  • Economics Letters
  • Economic Modelling
  • Economics and Politics
  • Economic Journal
  • European Economic Review
  • Indian Growth and Development Review
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
  • Journal of Economic Geography
  • Journal of Economic Policy Reform
  • Journal of International Economics
  • Journal of Regional Science
  • Journal of Urban Economics
  • National Tax Journal
  • Papers in Regional Science
  • Review of Development Economics
  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Review of International Economics
  • Review of World Economics
  • The World Economy
Professional Affiliation
  • Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
  • American Economic Association
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Last Update: June 30, 2025