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May X. Liu

Senior Statistician Payment System Studies Section Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems
202-452-3592
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Statistics, Yale University, 1998
  • M.A., Statistics, Yale University, 1993
  • B.S., Probability and Statistics, Beijing University, 1989
Current Research Topics
  • Federal Reserve Payments Study
  • Statistician and Senior Statistician

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    1998 - present
  • Developments in Noncash Payments for 2019 and 2020: Findings from the Federal Reserve Payments Study
    Geoffrey Gerdes, Claire Greene, and Xuemei (May) Liu
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2021)
  • Improving Response Quality with Planned Missing Data: An Application to a Survey of Banks
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes and May X. Liu
    Econometrics of Complex Survey Data (Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 39) (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.1108/S0731-905320190000039014
  • The 2019 Federal Reserve Payments Study
    Geoffrey Gerdes, Claire Greene, Xuemei (May) Liu, and Emily Massaro
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2019)
  • The Federal Reserve Payments Study: 2018 Annual Supplement
    Geoffrey Gerdes, Claire Greene, and Xuemei
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2018)
  • Changes in U.S. Payments Fraud from 2012 to 2016: Evidence from the Federal Reserve Payments Study
    Geoffrey Gerdes, Claire Greene, and Xuemei
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2018)
  • Recent Developments in Consumer and Business Payment Choices
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes, Jonathan Hamburg, and Xuemei
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2017)
  • Recent and Long-Term Trends in the United States: 2003-2012: Summary Report and Initial Data Release
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes, May X. Liu, Jason P. Berkenpas, Matthew C. Chen, Matthew C. Hayward, James M. McKee, Scott Dake, Patrick Dyer, Dave Brangaccio, and Nancy Donahue
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2014)
  • Recent and Long-Term Trends in the United States: 2000-2012: Detailed Report and Updated Data Release
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes, May X. Liu, Jason P. Berkenpas, Matthew C. Chen, Matthew C. Hayward, James M. McKee, Scott Dake, Patrick Dyer, Dave Brangaccio, and Nancy Donahue
    Federal Reserve Payments Study (2014)
  • Estimating Technology Adoption and Aggregate Volumes from U.S. Payments Surveys in the Presence of Complex Item Nonresponse
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes and May X. Liu
    Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section (2010)
  • Sample Design and Estimation of Volumes and Trends in the Use of Paper Checks and Electronic Payment Methods in the United States
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes, May X. Liu, and Darrel W. Parke
    Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section (2009)
  • Trends in the Use of Payment Instruments in the United States
    Geoffrey R. Gerdes, Jack K. Walton II, May X. Liu, and Darrel W. Parke
    Federal Reserve Bulletin (2005)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/bulletin.2005.91-2-3
Last update: October 3, 2022