Arthur J. Rolnick is senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, and an associate economist with the Federal Open Market Committee.

His research interests include banking and financial economics, monetary policy and history, the economics of federalism and the economics of education.

Most recently, he was adjunct professor of economics, MBA program, Lingnan College, Guangzhou, China.

He has been a visiting professor of economics at Boston College, the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota.

He is past president of the Minnesota Economic Association, member of the Minneapolis StarTribune’s Board of Economics and member of Minnesota’s Council of Economic Advisors.

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