San Francisco Fed President John Williams is up for No. 2 Fed post: report

• January 19, 2018
• realestate
• Announcements, Business & Markets, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance

John Williams, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve, is being considered by the White House to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. That would put him in the No. 2 position behind new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The Journal reported that other candidates for the job include Pimco director Richard Clarida, former Fed official Lawrence Lindsey and former Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian.