Areas of Expertise
Elif specializes in economic conditions in the Third District. Her interests lie in analyzing data on business, employment, and housing, and understanding how these data differ across space, even within the District’s relatively small geographical footprint.
Elif’s research group analyzes official statistics as well as data it collects to paint an accurate picture of the Third District’s economy. This information on the region is not only essential to increasing understanding of the economy, it helps shape the Philadelphia Fed’s position on monetary policy.
Elif developed the Philadelphia Fed’s monthly State Unemployment Rate Nowcasts, which predict the current month's unemployment rates for the District’s three states. She also helped to launch the Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey — a career highlight for her — to complement our longstanding Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey.
Elif joined the Bank in 2006. She has a master's degree in urban spatial analytics from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in economics with a concentration in mathematical economics from Haverford College. She has completed the Bank's Financial Business Management Certificate Program at Temple University's Fox School of Business.