Nathaniel Wuerffel

Senior Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Nathaniel Wuerffel is a Senior Vice President in the Markets Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Deputy Head of MOMA—the open market trading desk—for Domestic Markets. In this role, he is responsible for the Money Markets, Mortgage Markets, and Treasury Markets directorates. Together, these directorates are responsible for the implementation of domestic monetary policy operations as directed by the FOMC, monitoring and analyzing money markets, agency debt markets, mortgage markets, and Treasury markets, and executing Treasury auctions as fiscal agent for the U.S. Treasury. Beginning in 2015, Mr. Wuerffel helped develop and sponsor an annual joint agency conference on the evolution of the Treasury market, and serves as the Bank’s senior liaison to the Treasury Market Practices Group, a group of market professionals sponsored by the New York Fed that promotes best practices in the domestic markets. In 2008, Mr. Wuerffel transferred to the New York Fed from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where he held a variety of roles including leadership of the risk management and strategic planning functions.  Mr. Wuerffel holds a B.A. degree from Valparaiso University and an M.A. degree from University of Chicago.