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Shengwu Du

Education

  • Ph.D., Applied Economics and Operation Research, Pennsylvania State University
Current Research Topics
  • Quantitative Risk Model, Market Liquidity
  • Derivative Trading and Clearing
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2016 - present
  • Quantitative Risk Manager

    BNY Mellon

    2015 - 2016
  • Quantitative Risk Manager

    BMO Capital Market

    2006 - 2015
  • Quantitative Analyst

    Deloitte & Touche

    2005 - 2006
  • Does Financial Stress Affect Commodity Futures Traders' Positions?
    Shengwu Du, Travis D. Nesmith, and Yanggen Heppe
    Journal of Futures Markets (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.70064
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2025)
  • Do Anecdotes Matter? Exploring the Beige Book through Textual Analysis from 1970 to 2025
    Shengwu Du, Flora Haberkorn, Isabel Kitschelt, Seung Jung Lee, Anderson Monken, Dylan Saez, Kelsey Shipman, and Sandeep Thakur
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2026.004
  • Cyber Vulnerabilities at Large US Financial Institutions and Their Third-Party Service Providers
    Jin-Wook Chang, Jacob Dice, Shengwu Du, Adam Flury, Sam Jerow, Seung Jung Lee, Stacey Schreft, and Craig Vandre
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.103
  • Does Financial Stress Affect Commodity Futures Traders’ Positions?
    Shengwu Du, Travis D. Nesmith, and Yanggen Heppe
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.082r1
  • Does Financial Stress Affect Commodity Futures Traders’ Positions?
    Shengwu Du, Travis D. Nesmith, and Yang Heppe
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.082
  • Portfolio Margining Using PCA Latent Factors
    Shengwu Du and Travis D. Nesmith
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2025.016
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Last Update: January 26, 2026