Nick Timiraos is Chief Economics Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and is based in Washington. He is responsible for covering the Federal Reserve and other major developments in U.S. economic policy. Prior to his current position, he covered the Treasury Department, fiscal policy, and broader economic and labor market issues. Before that, he wrote about U.S. housing and mortgage markets as a reporter based in New York. His coverage included the government’s response to the foreclosure crisis and the takeover of finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In 2008, Timiraos contributed to the Wall Street Journal’s presidential election coverage and travelled with the campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama. He joined the Journal in 2006. He is a graduate of Georgetown University.
