Central Banking
What are central banks? What challenges are they currently facing? And how should they address these challenges? Find the perspectives of our world-leading experts below.
Andrea Ferrero On Economists’ Ideal Inflation Target & The Negative Consequences Of Dollar Shortages In Non-US Banking Sectors
Andrea Ferrero is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and the Levine Fellow in Economics at Trinity College Oxford.
Robert Guttmann On The Collapse of Credit Suisse, AT1 Bonds, And The Dilemma Central Banks Are Facing
Robert Guttmann is Professor of Economics at Hofstra University & former Associate Professor at the Centre d’Économie Paris-Nord (CEPN), Université Paris XIII.
By Aiden Singh, March 30, 2023
Willem Buiter On Inflation, The Ongoing Banking Panic, And What Central Banks Should Do Now
Willem Buiter is a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, former Global Chief Economist at Citigroup, and former Professor at the London School of Economics, Yale University, & Cambridge University.
He can be booked for a speaking engagement here.
By Aiden Singh, March 18, 2023
Viral Acharya On The Transmission Of Monetary Policy & The Effects Of Unconventional Monetary Policy
Does Financial Instability Impair The Transmission of Monetary Policy?
What Effects Might Unconventional Monetary Policy Have On The Real Economy?
Viral V. Acharya is Professor of Economics at New York University Stern School of Business.
He is a former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and former Director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India.
Charles Bean On The Trajectory Of Policy Interest Rates & The Bank Of England’s Monetary Policy Framework
Are We In For A Lengthy Period Of Higher Central Bank Interest Rates?
With Inflation Running Hot, Is The BoE's Current Monetary Policy Framework Still Fit For Purpose?
Charles Bean is former the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England (2008-2014) & is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.
Charles Goodhart On The Future Of Inflation Targeting & Central Bank Independence
Charles Goodhart is Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance with the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics & has held various high-level positions at the Bank of England.
Willem Buiter On The Federal Reserve’s Average Inflation Targeting Policy & Whether Milton Friedman's Idea Of Helicopter Money Would Work
Is The Federal Reserve's Average Inflation Targeting Policy Appropriate?
Would Milton Friedman's Idea Of Helicopter Money Work?
Willem Buiter is a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, former Global Chief Economist at Citigroup, and former Professor at the London School of Economics, Yale University, & Cambridge University.
He can be booked for a speaking engagement here.
Bank of the United States
Learn about America’s first central bank-like institution, a predecessor to today’s Federal Reserve, established at the behest of Alexander Hamilton.
1797-1811 Headquarters of the First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia.
By Aiden Singh, July 10, 2020
Aiden Singh is the Founder & Publisher of the Social Science Encyclopedia.
Related Topics: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Doctrine of Implied Powers
Richard Sylla On America’s First Central Banker
Richard Sylla is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is a former chairman of the board of trustees of the Museum of American Finance.