• The Problem with the Next Recession

The Problem with the Next Recession

11:00 AM
Miller Center

Join former chief economist at the Federal Reserve, David Wilcox, and Batten's David Leblang as they explore the sources and dimensions of the problem. Wilcox served as the deputy director of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors during the financial crisis in 2008 and will outline steps that could be taken to improve the current situation.

David Leblang

David Leblang

David Leblang is the Ambassador Henry J. Taylor and Mrs Marion R. Taylor Endowed Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia as well as a Professor of Public Policy at the University’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.

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DavidWilcox

David Wilcox

Wilcox is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. From 2011 through 2018, he served as Director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. In that role, he functioned as the chief economist of the division, a senior advisor to three successive Chairs of the Federal Reserve Board, the division’s lead for strategic direction, and its chief manager. Research and Statistics collaborates with other divisions at the Board in providing an economic and financial outlook to the Federal Open Market Committee prior to each of its policy-setting meetings; it supports the Federal Reserve’s program to promote financial stability and conduct financial supervision; it has extensive programs in economic measurement; and it maintains an active research agenda. As director, Wilcox put special emphasis on improving diversity and inclusion, both at the Federal Reserve and in economics more generally.

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