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James B Thomson

  • Associate Dean, College of Business, and Chair, Department of Finance, University of Akron

James B. Thomson is Associate Dean, College of Business, and Chair, Department of Finance, University of Akron. He joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland as a staff economist in 1986 and later held various officer appointments involving banking and financial studies until leaving to join the faculty at the University of Akron in 2022.

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Shifting Downward: How a Change in Fed Culture Hurt Bank Supervision

Article By James B Thomson and Walker Todd | Mar 27, 2023

The explanation of systematic breakdowns in supervisory oversight over time must include the shift in Federal Reserve culture during and after the 1990s