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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.

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James Wang

Principal Economist Stress Testing Section Supervision and Regulation

202-974-7095
[email protected]

Education

S.B., Mathematics, University of Chicago, 2007
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 2015

Current Research Topics

Credit underwriting
Bank competition

Economist
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2015 - present

Screening Soft Information: Evidence from Loan Officers
James Wang
RAND Journal of Economics (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12357
The Effect of the Current Expected Credit Loss Standard (CECL) on the Timing and Comparability of Reserves
Sarah Chae, Robert F. Sarama, Cindy M. Vojtech, and James Wang
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2018.020r1

Last update: June 30, 2022