James Thomson is vice president and economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Previously, he was vice president and director of financial services research for the Bank's Financial Services area, and he was an assistant vice president and economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.Prior to joining the Bank in 1986, Dr. Thomson worked as a financial economist at the United States General Accounting Office.

Dr. Thomson is a member of the American Finance Association and the Financial Management Association. He has published numerous papers on federal deposit insurance, banking, and bank capital regulation, including articles in the Journal of Financial Services Research, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Management, Public Budgeting and Financial Management: An International Journal, Cato Journal, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Advances In International Banking and Finance, Research in Finance, and Research in Financial Services: Private and Public Policy.

Dr. Thomson received a B.S. in economics from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University.