Leslie Shen a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Her research focuses on international finance, banking, and macroeconomics, covering topics including financial & banking globalization, geopolitical risk, capital flows, financial networks, and household consumption. She is also a visiting scholar at the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy and an instructor at Harvard University. Prior to her current role, she has worked at the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.