Nick Timiraos

Nick Timiraos covers the Federal Reserve and major developments in U.S. economic policy as chief economics correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. He previously reported on housing and mortgage markets, the Treasury Department, fiscal policy, and the 2008 presidential election. He is the author of *Trillion Dollar Triage*, an account of the economic-policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Based in: Washington
Elsewhere

The Wall Street Journal

2017 — Present

chief economics correspondent

Georgetown University

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Following the “Fed Breadcrumbs”

A conversation about labor-market conditions, interest-rate cuts, housing, and the Federal Reserve’s role in the 2024 election.

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Nick Timiraos on Jerome Powell’s Tenure as Fed Chair

A discussion of Jerome Powell’s background, leadership at the Federal Reserve, and the policymaking context covered in Timiraos’s book.

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mercatus.org

Nick Timiraos on the History and Economics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

A conversation about the housing-finance institutions’ history and the mortgage-crisis response, drawing on his reporting on housing and government policy.

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