Simon Fuchs
Research Economist and Assistant Adviser
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Simon Fuchs is a research economist and assistant adviser on the macroeconomics and monetary policy team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. His research combines modern quantitative spatial models with detailed microdata to study how infrastructure, trade, and geography shape economic outcomes.
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Simon Fuchs is a research economist and assistant adviser on the macroeconomics and monetary policy team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. His research combines modern quantitative spatial models with detailed microdata to study how infrastructure, trade, and geography shape economic outcomes. He develops economic models that connect high-frequency data on shipments, transactions, and prices to measurable effects on welfare and policy. Current projects analyze transport networks and supply chainsâmodeling routing, terminals, and congestion to understand how disruptions affect trade flows and consumer pricesâand develop sufficient-statistic tools to measure welfare and resilience for workers and urban residents.
Fuchs joined the Atlanta Fed in 2019. He holds his doctoral and masterâs degrees from the Toulouse School of Economics and a bachelorâs degree in politics and economics from the University of York.
