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November 7, 2025

The Fed in The Crosshairs: Independence, Systematic Monetary Policy, GSE Reform And Financial Stability

Friday, November 7, 2025, 8:15 am ET – 3:00 pm ET
New York, NY

8:45 am - 9:00 am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

9:00 am - 10:15 am
Panel I. HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT FED INDEPENDENCE AND GOVERNANCE?

  • Michael Bordo, Rutgers University and the Hoover Institution (Moderator)
  • Jim Bullard, Purdue University and former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • Jeffrey Lacker, Mercatus Center and former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  • Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Panel II. HOW SHOULD THE FED SYSTEMATICALLY RESPOND TO UNFOLDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TRADE AND FISCAL POLICY?

11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Panel III. HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO LOOMING ISSUES IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM?

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm
LUNCHEON AND SPEAKER

  • Mickey Levy (Moderator)
  • Michael Faulkender,
    former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Panel IV: HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE STATUS OF THE HOUSING GSEs?


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