Meet the Researchers

Samuel K. Hughes
Education
- Ph.D., Applied Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
- B.A., Economics and Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013
Current Research Topics
- Rental housing, rent growth
- Commercial real estate, mortgage finance
Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2025 - presentResearcher
Office of Financial Research, U.S. Treasury Department
2023 - 2025Data Research Analyst
Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley
2015 - 2017Analyst
Analysis Group
2013 - 2015
- No News is Bad News: Monitoring, Risk, and Stale Financial Performance in Commercial Real Estate
Samuel K. Hughes and Joseph B. Nichols
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.032
Last Update:
May 5, 2025