Stephen Cecchetti (Brandeis) speaks at the ESM

“The political foundations of central banking in the US and EU”

This seminar will present Professor Cecchetti’s perspective on monetary policy in the U.S. and the euro area, especially the political underpinnings of central bank independence in the aftermath of the crisis and with the rise of various types of populism on both sides of the Atlantic. 
 
Stephen G. Cecchetti is Professor of International Economics at the Brandeis International Business School. Before re-joining Brandeis in January 2014, he completed a five-year term as Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. During his time at the Bank for International Settlements, Cecchetti participated in numerous post-crisis global regulatory reform initiatives. This work included involvement with both the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board in establishing new international standards. Cecchetti's academic appointments include being on the faculties of the Stern School of Business at NYU (1982-1987) and the Department of Economics at The Ohio State University (1987-2003). In addition to these appointments, he has served as Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1997-1999); Editor, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking (1992-2001); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (1989-2011); and Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2008-present).
 


This is an ESM research internal seminar. If you would like to attend, please write an email to ESMresearch@esm.europa.eu