Daniil Manaenkov has recently joined the RSQE unit as an Assistant Research Scientist. His responsibilities at RSQE include participation in the U.S. modeling effort and the preparation of national economic forecasts. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 2009 and also holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics and Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. His research interests include macroeconomics, financial economics, and monetary economics. In the past he has worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where he was involved in forecasting the U.S. economy.