MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
Briefs & Blogs
Meet Our New Executive Director
Announcement of Simone Cavallaro as new Executive Director of MIT GCFP.
Fed succession brings central bank independence into focus
Eric Rosengren discusses the Federal Reserve leadership transition, the importance of central bank independence, and how inflation and supply pressures are complicating the policy outlook.
Setting Monetary Policy in a Shock-Prone World
Guest speaker Megan Greene of Bank of England, 4/13/2026.
AI investment risks, Fed leadership changes, and policy uncertainty shape the outlook for investors
Peter R. Fisher and Gary Gensler discuss how rapid investment in artificial intelligence, Federal Reserve leadership changes, and policy uncertainty are shaping the outlook for investors.
Federal Reserve on hold as Iran war clouds inflation and labor outlook
MIT GCFP Visiting Scholar and former Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren discusses how the Iran war is affecting the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook, and its implications for inflation, the labor market, and the 2026 rate path.
Former Boston Fed President Rosengren on inflation, politics, and Fed independence
MIT GCFP Visiting Scholar and former Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren discusses the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook amid persistent inflation and growing political pressure.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s Miriam Pozen Prize Lecture
On December 9, 2025, the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy welcomed President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of the Republic of Singapore, to receive the Miriam Pozen Prize in recognition of his leadership in international financial policy [...]
TUE DEC 9: President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Miriam Pozen Prize Award Ceremony and Lecture by Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
A Fireside Chat with Peter Fisher and Andrew W. Lo
Behind the headlines lies a widening gap between U.S. fiscal revenues and outlays—a structural imbalance with profound implications for the Federal Reserve and the broader economy. Join Peter Fisher—Distinguished Senior Fellow at the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy [...]
The Economics of Government Investment Policies and Why They Cannot Undo Fiscal Imbalances
With debt burdens mounting in the United States and abroad, policymakers have shown renewed interest in using government investment strategies to address fiscal imbalances. In this policy brief, MIT Sloan Distinguished Professor and MIT GCFP [...]