Mishkin named to Fed board.

• Position: Federal Reserve Board appoints Frederic S. Mishkin - Brief article

NBER Research Associate Frederic S. Mishkin was confirmed by the Senate to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. His term extends until January 2014.

At the Fed, Mishkin joins NBER colleagues Ben S. Bernanke, current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and Randall S. Kroszner, who is a Fed governor.

Mishkin, a member of the NBER's Program of Research on Monetary Economics, is the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial...