Central Bank Independence: A Panel Discussion

February 3, 2020 | Columbia University, International Affairs Building

Stanley Fischer, Former Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve and Former Governor of the Bank of Israel

Ilan Goldfajn, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil

Kathryn Judge, Professor of Law at Columbia Law School

Simon Potter, Former Executive Vice President of Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Moderated by Patricia Mosser, Director of the Central Banking and Financial Policy@SIPA

Overview

Central banks everywhere are struggling to stay above politics. Central banks are being forced to reexamine the tools they use to effect policy — and indeed to rethink their very identities. The broader their tasks and the wider the effects, the more politics is bound to intrude.

Organizers and Sponsors

• Columbia University, Initiative on Central Banking and Financial Policy
• Columbia University, MPA in Economic Policy Management
• Columbia University, Center on Global Economic Governance