Zoltan Pozsar
Zoltan Pozsar is a visiting scholar at the IMF, where he works on policy proposals to regulate the shadow banking system from a macro-prudential perspective. Prior to the IMF, Mr. Pozsar was with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Markets Desk where he led the Bank’s efforts to map and monitor the shadow banking system. Mr. Pozsar consulted with policymakers globally about shadow banking including the U.S. Department of Treasury, the White House, the BIS, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. During the financial crisis Mr. Pozsar was part of the Markets Desks’ daily cross market monitoring efforts, informing Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members about global market developments, and played a role in designing and operationalizing the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). Prior to the Fed, Mr. Pozsar was a U.S. macroeconomist for six years at Moody’s Economy.com.