Christopher Waller

Member, Federal Reserve Board

INFO, BACKGROUND ON CHRISTOPHER WALLER

Birth date	1959
POSITION	Member, Federal Reserve Board (Confirmed, December 2020)
EDUCATION	Ph.D, Washington State University
EXPERIENCE	Government: 2009-present: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (executive vice president, director of research) Other: 2003-09: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.), Gilbert F. Schaefer Professor of Economics; chair, economics department Previously: Economist, Indiana University

Treasury secretary designates Hsu as acting comptroller; current leader will reassume role as COO

May 7, 2021 0

Michael J. Hsu will become acting Comptroller of the Currency May 10, the Treasury Department said Friday following a designation by Secretary Janet Yellen. The Treasury said current Acting Comptroller Blake Paulson – who has held that role since Jan. [...]
Ability to choose from two unaffiliated networks for ‘card-not-present’ debit card transactions proposed

May 7, 2021 0

Debit card issuers should enable, and allow merchants to choose from, at least two unaffiliated networks for card-not-present debit card transactions, such as online purchases, the Federal Reserve proposed Friday. The agency said its proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit [...]
With ‘appetite for risk’ on the rise, stretched valuations bear watching, Fed leader warns

May 7, 2021 0

The “appetite for risk” has increased broadly over the last year, largely because of “stretched valuations” of assets – which, together with high levels of corporate indebtedness bear watching because of the potential to amplify the effects of a re-pricing [...]