Brent Neiman
Brent Neiman is the Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth. He served from 2022-2025 at the U.S. Treasury as Counselor to the Secretary and as the Deputy Undersecretary for International Finance, where he worked on a broad set of international economic issues, including the bilateral relationship with China, the response to Russia's war in Ukraine, emerging market sovereign debt, IMF governance and programs, and global financial regulation.
Neiman conducts research on international macroeconomics, finance, and trade. He serves as the co-director of the International Economics and Economic Geography Initiative at the Becker Friedman Institute, participates as a panelist at the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Neiman is a Research Associate in the International Finance and Macroeconomics and the International Trade and Investment groups at the National Bureau of Economic Research and is a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research. He co-founded the Global Capital Allocation Project, previously served as an Executive Board member of the Kent A. Clark Center for Global Markets at Chicago Booth, and was an associate editor of The American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and The Journal of International Economics.
Earlier in his career, Neiman was the staff economist for international finance on the White House Council of Economic Advisers and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, at McKinsey and Company, and at the McKinsey Global Institute.
Announcements
New Paper on Stablecoins
August 19, 2026 | Nellie Liang and I have posted our paper ("Stablecoins After GENIUS: Private Money, Public Debt, and the Global Dollar"), which we prepared for the Aspen Economic Strategy Group.
Read More →New Working Paper on Sanctions and the Dollar/Yuan
July 13, 2026 | Gregor Matvos and I have finished a first-draft of a paper ("Financial Sanctions and the Global Payments Network") showing how sanctions affect access to payments and implications for the dollar and yuan. Feedback is welcomed!
Read More →New Working Paper on Tariffs!
December 18, 2025 | Gita Gopinath and I have finished a first-draft of a paper ("The Incidence of Tariffs: Rates and Reality") detailing some of the initial effects on the U.S. economy from the recent U.S. import tariffs. Feedback is welcomed!
Read More →In The News
In the Battle of Labor vs. Capital, It Isn't a Fair Fight
September 7, 2026 | The New York Times
How Trump's Crypto Push Is Linked to Bessent's Treasury Moves
August 24, 2026 | The Wall Street Journal
Russia Bill Broadens Sanctions but Could Fuel Fears Over the Dollar
July 18, 2026 | The New York Times
Who is paying for Donald Trump's tariffs?
March 3, 2026 | The Financial Times
