Anju Vajja serves as the Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Research and Statistics (DRS) at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Vajja oversees the production of FHFA’s House Price Index, National Mortgage Database (NMDB), Uniform Appraisal Dataset, and several other mortgage and housing data systems at FHFA. She is FHFA’s Research Officer and is responsible for research in housing, mortgage markets, and real estate. She oversees FHFA’s data governance and Climate and ESG coordination work. Vajja previously served as Principal Advisor to the Deputy Director and Principal Associate Director in DRS and Associate Director in FHFA’s Division of Housing Mission and Goals (DHMG).

Prior to joining DHMG, Vajja served as managing economist in FHFA’s Division of Bank Regulation (DBR), where she led a team of economists and financial analysts. She was responsible for targeted credit and collateral risk examinations to support the FHFA’s examinations of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks). While in DBR, Vajja also led a team of financial analysts who evaluated the financial condition and performance of the FHLBanks.

Prior to joining FHFA, Vajja worked at the World Bank evaluating community development initiatives. Vajja also taught at Georgetown University as an adjunct Professor. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University, her MA from Delhi School of Economics, and her BS in economics from Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University, India.