UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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Professor Jim Wilcox is an economist and expert in banking, Federal Reserve monetary policy, and the overall economic outlook. He is available to comment on the current debt ceiling story.

Contact Jim Wilcox at:[email protected](510) 642-2455

Areas of expertise:Banking: mergers and acquisitions, cost reductions by consolidation, lending and bank capital, effects of economic conditions on banks, small business and banking

Business conditions: Federal Reserve monetary policy and interest rates, unemployment and inflation, consumer spending, outlook for the economy

Conversions: mutual-to-stock conversions of financial institutions, credit union failures and losses, credit union cost and profit performance

Wilcox is Chair, Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group and a member of the Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group and Haas Finance Group.

Broadcast journalists:Studios are available on the UC Berkeley campus.

Journalism School TV and Radio Broadcast StudioContact Jim Richards: [email protected](510) 501-8495

Skype StudioContact Roxanne Makasdjian:[email protected](510) 642-6051