October 2026

DOMINIC A. SMITH

Division of Price Index Number Research
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Email: ds@dominic-smith.com
Web: www.dominic-smith.com

Employment and Affiliations

2019 - PresentBureau of Labor Statistics
Research Economist (75% FTE from September 2024)
Temporary Industry Analyst - Producer Price Index (2025)

2024 - PresentCase Western Reserve University
Adjunct Faculty

2024 - PresentMember, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

2023 - PresentRecipe Tester, America’s Test Kitchen

Education

2013-2019University of Minnesota
PhD in Economics

2013-2018University of Minnesota
MA in Economics

2010Collegio Carlo Alberto
Master in Economics

2005-2009Case Western Reserve University
BA in Economics (with honors)

Publications

Extending the Range of Robust PCE Inflation Measures
with Sergio Ocampo and Raphael Schoenle. International Journal of Central Banking (accepted)

The Evolution of U.S. Retail Concentration
with Sergio Ocampo. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 17(1):71–101 (2025)

Unit Value Indexes for Exports — New Developments Using Administrative Trade Data
with Don Fast and Susan E. Fleck. Journal of Official Statistics 38(1):83–106 (2022)

The Scope of U.S. Factoryless Manufacturing
with Kimberly Bayard and David Byrne. In Measuring Globalization: Better Trade Statistics for Better Policy — Volume 2. Factoryless Manufacturing, Global Supply Chains, and Trade in Intangibles and Data (2015)

Working Papers

Antitrust on Aisle Five: How Well Do Divestiture Remedies Work?
with Xiao Dong, Paul Koh, Devesh Raval, and Brett Wendling

National Chains, Online Shopping, and Trends in Retail Productivity Dispersion
with G. Jacob Blackwood, Michael D. Giandrea, Cheryl Grim, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf

Productivity Dispersion and Structural Change in Retail Trade
with G. Jacob Blackwood, Michael D. Giandrea, Cheryl Grim, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf

Work in Progress

The Frequency of Producer Price Adjustment: Cyclical Patterns and Secular Trends
with Mishel Ghassibe and Raphael Schoenle

BLS Writing and Technical Reports

The Geometric Young Formula for Elementary Aggregate Import and Export Price Indexes. BLS Monthly Labor Review, February 2025. with Austin Enderson-Ohrt

Enhancing Import and Export Price Indexes: A New Methodology Using Administrative Trade Data. BLS Working Paper 578. 2024. with Austin Enderson-Ohrt, Matthew Fisher, Christopher Grant, Angel Wong, and Benjamin Wullbrandt

A Consumption Measure for Automobiles. BLS Monthly Labor Review, January 2024. with Caleb Cho and Brett Matsumoto

Cleaning the Census of Retail Trade Product Lines Data. CES Technical Notes Series 22-14.

Awards

2025Summers Fellow, CRIW Summer Meeting

Teaching Experience

2014 - 2015Head Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota

2017Graduate Instructor – Math Camp, University of Minnesota

2019Writing Instructor - University of Minnesota

2024 - 2025Intermediate Macroeconomics - Case Western Reserve University

Presentations

2025Case Western Reserve University, American Economic Association Annual Meetings

2024Western University of Ontario, American Economic Association Annual Meetings, International Association for the Research in Income and Wealth, NBER SI CRIW Meeting*

2023Federal Statistical Research Data Center Conference, BLS Technical Advisory Committee, Midwest Economic Association

2022American Economic Association Annual Meetings, Midwest Economic Association, Society for Economic Dynamics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BLS Technical Advisory Committee

2021NBER SI CRIW Meeting, Federal Statistical Research Data Center Seminar Series, International Industrial Organization Conference

2020George Washington University, Society for Government Economists*, International Industrial Organization Conference*, Committee on National Statistics - Retail Productivity Panel

2019Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Society for Economic Dynamics, Kent State University

2018Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Center for Economic Studies, Research Data Center Conference

2017University of Michigan, Dartmouth College

* Presentation by coauthor

Other Service

Reviewer of Understanding the Impact of Global Value Chains for the National Academies of Sciences.

Referee: American Economic Journal: Applied; American Economic Review: Insights; Economics of Education Review; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Review of Economics and Statistics

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee Planning Committee (2024-2025)

Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data Program Committee

Computer Skills

Matlab, Python, SAS, Stata, Julia, R

Language/Citizenship

English (native)/USA