Thursday, July 9, 2026

Federal Reserve taps former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to build real-time economic data engine

  • The Federal Reserve is forming task forces to modernize its economic data analysis, co-led by former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and academics Raj Chetty and Kevin Murphy.
  • The initiative aims to leverage real-time data, similar to insights gained from retail transactions and private-sector datasets, to make economic indicators faster and more accurate.
  • This focus on high-frequency data by the Fed could narrow the gap with on-chain analytics used in crypto, potentially influencing how digital asset markets are viewed.

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Tags: #federalreserve #dougmcmillon #walmart #realtimedata #economicindicators #consumerspending #rajchetty #kevinmurphy #monetarypolicy #crypto

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