Editors

Dr. Mark Melnik, Senior Managing Editor, MassBenchmarks 
Director, Economic and Public Policy Research 
University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute 

Dr. Mary Burke, Co-Editor, MassBenchmarks 
Senior Economist and Policy Advisor 
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 

Dr. Michael Goodman, Co-Editor, MassBenchmarks 
Professor of Public Policy 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 

Dr. Alan Clayton-Matthews, Senior Contributing Editor, MassBenchmarks 
Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, emeritus 
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University 

Dr. Robert Nakosteen, Executive Editor, MassBenchmarks 
Professor of Economics, emeritus 
Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst 

MassBenchmarks Editorial Board

Katharine Bradbury, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, retired 
Frederick Breimyer, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, retired 
Lynn Browne, Founding Editor; Brandeis University; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, retired 
Peter Doeringer, Boston University, professor emeritus  
Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts Lowell 
Keren Horn, University of Massachusetts Boston 
Michael Klein, Tufts University 
Yolanda Kodrzycki, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, retired 
Frank Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, professor emeritus 
Alicia Sasser Modestino, Northeastern University 
Christopher Probyn, State Street Bank 
James Stock, Harvard University 
Robert K. Triest, Northeastern University 
Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 

MassBenchmarks Staff

Rebecca Loveland, Project Manager/Managing Editor
Abigail McGuigan, Manager of Bulletin Releases
Andrew Hall, Research Analyst
Moira Clingman, Art Director
Chris Bell, Consulting Art Director
Louis Wigdor, Copy Editor