MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]
Edward Golding and Deborah Lucas discuss a simple policy change that relies primarily on market discipline that would reduce the likelihood of future SVBs.
Peter R. Fisher's advertisement for a position as a Course Development Assistant for Fall 2025.
2025 papers from GCFP affiliates
In a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget on Circular A-4 that guides federal agencies in conducting benefit-cost analyses, a dozen MIT professors, many affiliated with the Golub Center for Finance and Policy, offered suggestions [...]
Robert Holzmann on October 29 at 11:45 am in E62-262
Measuring Financial Subsidies to SOEs: An Asset Return Based Framework with an Application to TVA (working paper)
Inaugural Miriam Pozen Prize Address by Stanley Fischer
The MIT GCFP announced that Mario Draghi has been named the winner of the Miriam Pozen Prize in recognition of his leadership in international financial policy. Draghi, a longtime academic economist and public servant, served as prime minister of Italy until [...]
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 [...]
