College of Central Bankers

The Global Interdependence Center’s College of Central Bankers initiative provides a platform for former leaders of the world’s central banks and similar institutions to share their unique combination of hands on experience and continued thought leadership on important global issues facing economies and effecting the quality of life.

GIC enjoys a long and trusted rapport with current and former leaders of central banks both in the US and across the globe. Through their participation in our events, the GIC offers a distinguished, neutral platform for thought leadership on important macroeconomic and socially important topics – many in central banking and monetary policy.

 

The Fellows of the College of Central Bankers are:

2021 Inductees:

2020 Inductees:

2019 Inductees:

  • Charles Plosser, Former President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
  • Dennis Lockhart, Former President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2018 Inductees:

 

The College of Central Bankers will continue to enhance GIC’s position as a leader in international dialogue and to further strengthen GIC’s connection to the central banking community. Examples of benefits for Fellows of the GIC College of Central Bankers are:

  • The opportunity to conduct/publish research/comment on GIC platforms such as GIC’s website and social media
  • Invitation to speak at GIC’s domestic and international programs with defrayed travel expenses as appropriate
  • Opportunity to participate in College of Central Bankers‐specific programs, which will feature Fellows’ expertise and research
  • Opportunity for Fellows to be prominently promoted by GIC as affiliated with the College of Central Bankers including exposure to members of the media, and referral in response to media’s requests for experts
  • The College of Central Bankers would publish (or collaborate in the publishing) the work of its Fellows, invited authors, and other thought leaders through the GIC and College web site(s)

 

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GIC College of Central Bankers Events

The GIC College of Central Bankers has held events including member induction ceremonies, as well as our 2019 event in Paris with Christian Noyer, Former Governor of the Banque de France and 2018 Member of the College of Central Bankers. View a list of GIC College of Central Bankers events, including presentation resources, below:

EventDateLocationResource(s)
Will Inflation Force the Slowing
or Reversal of Central Banks’
“Easy” Monetary Policy and
Increase Risks of Economic Downturns?		July 21, 2021Virtual EventVideo replay
What Comes after COVID? An
Economic Outlook through the
Lens of Latin America		May 17, 2021 Virtual Event Video replay
College of Central Bankers
Presentation: Monetary Policy		March 23, 2021Virtual EventVideo replay
38th Annual Monetary and
Trade Conference		November 19, 2020Virtual EventVideo replay
Assessing the
Monetary Policy Response 		May 28, 2020 Virtual EventVideo replay
GIC Global Citizen Award
Ceremony & Economic
Outlook 		December 13, 2019Philadelphia, PAProgram handout

Video replay
Central Banking Series: MadridOctober 3, 2019Madrid, SpainVideo replay
College of Central
Bankers Event in Paris 		April 29 – 30, 2019Paris, FranceProgram handout
2018 Global Citizen
Award and Global
Economic and Policy Outlook 		December 14, 2018Philadelphia, PAProgram handout

Video replay

GIC College of Central Bankers resources and blog series

The GIC College of Central Banking blog series allows Fellows of the GIC community to publish thoughts and findings on issues relating specifically to the Central Banking industry. We encourage you to explore the below posts and share your thoughts in the comments.

TitleDateAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Resource
NPR/WHYY – Radio Times with
Marty Moss-Coane: Biden’s economic
plan and the state of the economy		September 22, 2021Mark Zandi, Peter Gold, &
Danny Blanchflower, Ph.D. 		Blog
College of Central Bankers Fellow
Spotlight: Bill Poole		August 31, 2021 William Poole, Ph.D. Blog
We Each Owe our First Allegiance to
our Fellow Humans		August 20, 2021DeLisle Worrell, Ph.D.Letter
The Economics of Walking About
and Predicting Unemployment		August, 2021Danny Blanchflower, Ph.D.
& Alex Bryson		Publication
Global Interdependence Center
leadership elevates policy discussion		August 2, 2021David R. KotokArticle
Fiscal and monetary policy interactions
in a low interest rate world		July 22, 2021Athanasios OrphanidesPublication
FOMC Press ConferenceJune 23, 2021Charles PlosserBlog
The Fed’s Risky ExperimentJune 19, 2021Charles PlosserPublication
A Note on the Dynamic Instability
of the Affordable Mortgage System		June 9, 2021William Poole, Ph.D.Publication
Central Banking and Credit
Provision in Emerging Market
Economies During the
COVID-19 Crisis		April, 2021José De Gregorio &
Luis Felipe Céspedes		Publication
College of Central Bankers
Presentation: Monetary Policy		March 23, 2021Dennis Lockhart & Anna PaulsonVideo Replay
Economist David Blanchflower Appointed
at University of Glasgow		December 8, 2020Global Interdependence CenterLetter
What’s Ahead for
the Stock Market?
December 1, 2020Jeremy Siegel, Ph.D.Blog
GIC’s College of Central Bankers
announces two new Fellows and
two new Advisory Board Members		October 21, 2020Global Interdependence CenterPress Release
Trends in Extreme Distress in the
United States, 1993–2019		August 20, 2020 Danny Blanchflower, Ph.D.Publication
GIC announces five new College
of Central Bankers Inductees
for 2020		July 20, 2020Global Interdependence CenterPress Release
Assessing the Monetary
Policy Response 
May 28, 2020 Dennis Lockhart &
David Altig, PhD.		Video Replay
The well-being of the overemployed
and the underemployed
and the rise in
depression in the UK		April 16, 2020 Danny Blanchflower, PhDPublication
A cost-effective way to help
emerging markets fight
Covid-19 
April 3, 2020Alfonso Prat-GayBlog
A Professor’s Tribute to a Prize StudentMarch 6, 2020William Poole, Ph.D.Publication
Remarks from 2019 College
of Central Bankers
Induction Ceremony
December 13, 2019Dennis LockhartPresentation
Document
GIC to announce new members
of the College of Central Bankers
at the Federal Reserve Bank
of Philadelphia.		December 11, 2019Global Interdependence CenterPress Release
Court’s implicit rejection of
basic EU tenet would
give cause for concern
August 4, 2019J. Paul HorneBlog
Investors need to be
aware of the other
bond bubble
June 20, 2019J. Paul HorneBlog
GIC announces the College of
Central Bankers, a new initiative to
sustain relationships with the
central banking community
and former leaders of central banks		December 14, 2018Global Interdependence CenterPress Release
Where is the Investment Boom?December 2, 2011William Poole, Ph.D.Publication
Understanding the FedFebruary 2007William Poole, Ph.D.Publication
How Predictable Is Fed PolicyOctober 4, 2005William Poole, Ph.D.Publication
Synching, Not Sinking, the MarketsAugust 6, 1999William Poole, Ph.D.Publication

The College and its membership operates within the GIC umbrella and with GIC’s administrative support.