Biography
Lynn Elaine Browne is Executive Vice President and Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, part of the nation’s central bank. She is responsible for the Bank’s regional and community outreach, as well as public information and employee communications. An economist, Ms. Browne was the Bank’s Director of Research from 1993 to 2001 and oversaw the Bank’s scholarly research and monetary policy analysis. Her personal research interests include a strong focus on economic growth and development in New England.

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980

Canada Council Fellowship, 1970-1971; 1971-1972

 

B.A., University of Western Ontario, honors in economics, 1968

Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1968

Work experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Executive Vice President and Economic Advisor, 2001-
Executive Vice President and Director of Research, 2000-2001
Senior Vice President and Director of Research, 1993-2000
Deputy Director of Research for Regional Affairs, 1989-1993
Vice President and Economist, 1981-1989
Assistant Vice President and Economist, 1978-1981
Economist, 1975-1978

 

Simmons College

Guest Lecturer, fall 1981

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Administration and Finance, Division of Fiscal Affairs

Program Analyst, 1973-1975

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor’s Office

Economist, 1972-1973

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Part-time Lecturer in Economics, 1970-1972

 

Province of Ontario, Department of Economics

Research Economist, summers 1966, 1968, and 1969

Publications

Books

“The Transition from a Mill-Based to a Knowledge-Based Economy: New England, 1940 to 2000,” with Steven A. Sass. In Engines of Enterprise, Peter Temin, ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000.

Conference proceedings

“Changing Financial Markets and Community Development: An Overview,” in Changing Financial Markets and Community Development. Federal Reserve System Community Affairs Research Conference Proceedings, 2001.

“The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years: An Overview,” in The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years: A Conference in Honor of Frank E. Morris. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 45, 2000.

The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years: A Conference in Honor of Frank E. Morris, edited with Richard W. Kopcke. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 45, 2000.

Real Estate and the Credit Crunch, edited with Eric S. Rosengren. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 36, 1993.

The Merger Boom, edited with Eric S. Rosengren. Proceedings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Conference Series no. 31, 1987.

Journals

New England Economic Review

“Does Japan Offer Any Lessons for the United States.” (Issue Number 3, 2001).

“The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years: An Overview.” (January/February 2001).

“National and Regional Housing Patterns.” (July/August 2000).

“U.S. Economic Performance: Good Fortune, Bubble, or New Era?” (May/June 1999).

“Inflation, Asset Markets, and Economic Stabilization: Lessons from Asia,” with Rebecca Hellerstein and Jane Sneddon Little. (September/October 1998).

“Are We Investing Too Little?” with Rebecca Hellerstein. (November/December 1997).

“The Saving Mystery, or Where Did the Money Go?” with Joshua Gleason. (September/October 1996).

“Mortgage Lending in Boston--A Response to the Critics,” with Geoffrey M. B. Tootell. (September/October 1995).

Regional Review

“What's in a Number? The Investment Boom Isn't Quite What It Seems.” vol. 10, no. 3 (Quarter 3, 2000).

“Are We Saving and Investing Too Little?” vol. 8, no. 3 (Quarter 3, 1998).

“Race and Mortgage Lending, Dissecting the Controversy,” with Geoffrey M. B. Tootell. (Fall 1995).

Other journal articles

“Mortgage Lending in Boston: Interpreting the HMDA Data,” with Alicia H. Munnell, Geoffrey M. B. Tootell, and James McEneaney. American Economic Review. (March 1996).

Working papers

“The New England-China Relationship in 2005.” New England Public Policy Center Series, paper no. 05-1 (2005).

Other material

“The New England-China Relationship in 2005.” Paper presented at The Boston Athenaeum symposium on The New England China Trade – Then & Now, Boston (May 20, 2005).

“Perspective on Public & Private Economic Data Collection & Analysis.” Paper presented at the U.S. Census Bureau Symposium, Washington DC (March 4-5, 2004).

Massachusetts in the 1990s: The Role of State Government, with Alicia H. Munnell and others. FRB Boston Research Report no. 72. (1990).

Public service

Massachusetts Benchmarks, Editorial Board Member, 1997-

Census Advisory Committee, Member, 1998-2003

Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, Member, 1996-2000

Bentley Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, Member, 1996-1998

Boston Economic Club

President, 1994-1995
Vice President, 1993-1994
Secretary/Treasurer, 1992-1993

 

Patriots’ Trail Girl Scout Council, Director, 1989-1995