Nick Timiraos
Nick Timiraos is Chief Economics Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in Washington. He is responsible for covering the Federal Reserve and other major developments in U.S. economic policy. Previously, Nick covered the Treasury Department and U.S. housing and mortgage markets, including the government's response to the foreclosure crisis and its control of finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He also contributed to the Journal's presidential election coverage in 2008 and joined the Journal in 2006. Nick is the author of "Trillion Dollar Triage," which chronicles the U.S. economic policy response to the Covid pandemic.
Nick Timiraos Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Economics Correspondent
Academic History
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B.A., Government
WSJ
Nick joined the Journal in 2006 and covered the presidential election in 2008.
He wrote about U.S. housing markets and the mortgage industry 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.
Other assignments have included the Treasury Department, fiscal policy, and the Puerto Rican debt crisis.
Trillion Dollar Triage is a narrative account of the economic-policy response to the shock caused by the Covid pandemic.
The book goes inside the Federal Reserve, one of the country’s most important and least understood institutions.
It is the definitive, gripping history of a creative and unprecedented battle to shield the American economy from the twin threats of a public health disaster and economic crisis.