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Understanding Our New World - A Conversation with Jim Bullard, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Join the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on Thursday, April 8 at 10:00 a.m. CDT via Zoom for a conversation with Jim Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and John Shaw, Institute director, as they discuss U.S. monetary policy and the current challenges facing the regional, national, and global economies.

As president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Bullard is a participant on the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, which meets regularly to set the direction of U.S. monetary policy. He also oversees the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District, including activities at the St. Louis headquarters and its branches in Little Rock, Arkansas; Louisville, Kentucky; and Memphis, Tennessee.

A noted economist and policy maker, Bullard makes Fed transparency and dialogue a priority on the international and national stage as well as on Main Street. He serves on the board of directors of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and the board of directors of Concordance Academy of Leadership, and he is a past board chair of the United Way U.S.A. Bullard is co-editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, and a member of the Central Bank Research Association’s senior council. He is an honorary professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also sits on the advisory council of the economics department and the advisory board of the Center for Dynamic Economics. A native of Forest Lake, Minnesota, Bullard received his doctorate in economics from Indiana University in Bloomington.

This program is part of a virtual series of conversations sponsored by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute with policy experts, political analysts, and government and private sector leaders.

If you would like to ask Jim Bullard a question, please email your question to paulsimoninstitute@siu.edu or include it below in the “Questions & Comments” box.

Apr 8, 2021 10:00 AM in Central Time (US and Canada)