Cato’s 39th Annual Monetary Conference—Populism and the Future of the Fed—will bring together leading scholars and policymakers to explore the risks that populism poses to the conduct of monetary policy. As the bright line between monetary and fiscal policy fades, and the threat of fiscal...

Criticism of the Federal Reserve is mounting, whether it’s President Trump tweeting that Chairman Powell is not following his advice or progressives calling for the Fed to use its monetary powers to fuel government spending. Amid public scrutiny and at a time of growing uncertainty for the...

CATO’S 32ND ANNUAL MONETARY CONFERENCE —will bring together leading scholars and advocates for fundamental monetary reform to discuss: - The bitcoin revolution and future of crypto-currencies - How technology will drive further innovations so that private currencies become a reality - The...

Cato's 28th Annual Monetary Conference - Asset Bubbles and Monetary Policy - will address a key issue underlying the 2008 financial crisis: Did the Federal Reserve contribute to the crisis by keeping interest rates too low for too long? Would a more restrictive monetary policy have prevented the...

Panel 1: Asset Market Bubbles and Fed Policy Panel 2: Financial Innovation and Monetary Policy Panel 3: Moral Hazard and the Limits of Monetary Policy

Cato’s 25th Annual Monetary Conference will focus on money and freedom—in particular, the risks inherent in a government fiat money regime—and consider monetary and exchange-rate regimes that may emerge in the search for stable money. In addition to the dollar, yen, and euro, special...

This year's monetary conference will address the following issues: - How should the Fed respond to growing global imbalances and a falling dollar? - Is global competition sufficient to discipline central banks? - Did the Greenspan Fed err by providing too much liquidity in the face of crises and...