What is Mary C. Daly?
[[File:David Schweikert and Mary C. Daly 02.jpg|thumb|Mary C. Daly]] '''Marcy C. Daly''' is an American [[economist]]. On October 1, 2018, she became the 13th President and [[Chief Executive Officer]] of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco]] (San Francisco Fed).<ref name=FRBSF1>{{cite web |title=Office of the President; Mary C. Daly |url=https://www.frbsf.org/our-district/leadership/office-of-the-president/ |website=Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> She also works on the [[Federal Reserve|Federal Reserve's]] Federal Open Market Committee on a rotating basis.<ref name=FRBStructure>{{cite web |title=About the FOMC |url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm |website=Federal Reserve |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref> Daly started working for the San Francisco Fed in 1996. She was its Executive Vice President and Director of Research. She later became its President and CEO.<ref name=FRBSF1/> == Early life == Daly was born in [[Ballwin, Missouri]]. Her father was a postal worker and her mother was a [[wikt:homemaker|homemaker]].<ref name=STLFRBPodcast/> She was a good student, but she had money problems and quit school at 15.<ref name=STLFRBPodcast/><ref name=NYTimes1>{{cite news |last1=Applebaum |first1=Binyamin|title=She Dropped Out of High School. Now She's President of the San Francisco Fed. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/us/politics/mary-daly-san-francisco-fed.html |access-date=18 November 2018 |website=New York Times|date=14 September 2018 }}</ref> By age 16 she was living alone, working to earn full-time pay.<ref name=Reuters1>{{cite news |last1=Dunsmuir |first1=Lindsay |title=Daly appointment shows diversity gap between regional Feds |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-diversity/daly-appointment-shows-diversity-gap-between-regional-feds-idUSKCN1LU2L2 |access-date=18 November 2018 |website=Reuters|date=14 September 2018 }}</ref><ref name=LATimes1>{{cite web |last1=Puzzanghera |first1=Jim |title=San Francisco Fed elevates