business conditions, Consumer spending, Federal Reserve policy
Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy and Finance Expertise and Research Interests: Small Business Lending Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Banking Business Conditions Consumer Spending Unemployment And Inflation Federal Reserve Monetary Policy And Interest Rates Credit Union Failures And Losses Positions Held: 1978 鈥 present, Professor, Haas School of Business 2016 鈥 present, Member, Financial Economists Roundtable 2014 鈥 2016, Member, Board of Directors, VirtualBeam, Inc. 2012 鈥 present, Member, Board of Directors, Finance Scholars Group 2012 鈥 2015, Chair, Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business 2003 鈥 present, Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center 1999 鈥 2001, Chief Economist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, DC 1991 鈥 1992, Economist, Federal Reserve Board 1990 鈥 1991, Senior Economist, President鈥檚 Council of Economic Advisers