Biography of Michael R. Pakko
Research Officer and Economist at the
St. Louis Fed

Michael R. Pakko is a Research Officer and Economist at the St. Louis Fed. He joined the bank staff in 1993 and has worked in the fields of international economics, macroeconomics and regional economic analysis. Pakko received his bachelor's from Michigan State University and his doctorate at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. Prior to his graduate studies he served as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and a research intern at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. In addition to his responsibilities with the Bank, Pakko is a Research Fellow with the Show-Me Institute in St. Louis, and he holds an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor of economics at St. Louis University.