Christopher J Waller is an American economist who is a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2020.
11 Facts About Christopher Waller
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Christopher Waller was previously the research director of and an executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.
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Christopher Waller worked at the Indiana University's Department of Economics from 1985 to 1998, where he was an associate professor, assistant professor and director of graduate studies.
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Christopher Waller was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and Washington University in St Louis from 1994 to 1995.
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Christopher Waller taught economics at the University of Kentucky from 1998 to 2003 and was a research fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn, in Germany.
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Christopher Waller was a chair of economics at the University of Notre Dame through 2009.
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Christopher Waller joined the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis as research director in 2009.
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Christopher Waller is known to be a monetary policy "dove", favoring expansionary policy and low interest rates.
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Christopher Waller has worked closely with the St Louis Federal Reserve bank's president, James B Bullard, who was a vocal supporter of lower interest rates in 2019.
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Christopher Waller has argued that the Fed should not raise rates at that time, when inflation was low and private savings were high.
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Christopher Waller's research has centered on monetary theory, political economy and macroeconomic theory.