Branches:

James Bullard - Commentary

From the President

"A Case for Shrinking the Fed's Balance Sheet," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, Second Quarter 2017. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, June 1, 2017.
"President's Message on Economic Literacy for Life," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2016.
"The Policy Rule Debate: A Simpler Solution," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, First Quarter 2017. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, February 23, 2017.
"Higher GDP Growth in the Long Run Requires Higher Productivity Growth," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2016. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, October 17, 2016.
"Q&A with President Bullard on New Approach to Projections," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2016.
"The St. Louis Fed's New Approach to Near-Term Projections," St. Louis Fed On the Economy, August 25, 2016.
"The State of the Debate on 'Too Big to Fail'," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2016. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, July 18, 2016.
"The St. Louis Fed's New Characterization of the Outlook for the U.S. Economy," June 17, 2016.
"Permazero," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Second Quarter 2016, 98(2), pp. 81-92. Related speech. Related Cato Journal article.
"Inflation Expectations Are Important to Central Bankers, Too," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2016. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, April 18, 2016.
"President's Message - The Road to Normal: Necessary, Even if It Means Going It Alone," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2015.
"Three Challenges to Central Bank Orthodoxy," with Kevin L. Kliesen, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2016, 98(1), pp. 1-16.
Related speech, delivered Oct. 2, 2015, at the Shadow Open Market Committee Meeting, New York, N.Y.
Related article in Business Economics, October 2015, 50(4), pp. 191-99.
Comments on the FOMC's Amendments to its Statement on Longer-Run Goals, St. Louis Fed On the Economy, February 16, 2016.
"What Does Data Dependence Mean?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2016. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, February 1, 2016.
"Some Considerations for Dividend Payments to Fed Member Banks," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2015. This article also appeared in the St. Louis Fed On the Economy blog, October 19, 2015.
"Reassessing Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2015.
President's Message on Payment System Improvement, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2014.
"A Comparison of Unconventional Monetary Policy in the U.S. and Europe," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2015.
"Liftoff: A Comparison of Two Normalization Cycles," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2015.
"A Commitment to Serving the Public," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2013.
"A Mismatch: Close to Macroeconomic Goals, Far from Normal Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2014.
"Tapering and Other Key Topics in U.S. Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2014.
"The Rise and Fall of Labor Force Participation in the United States," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2014, 96(1), pp. 1-12. Related speech | Related article in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist.
"Some Perspectives on the Notorious Summer of 2008," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2014.
"The Importance of Connecting the Research World with the Policy World," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2013. EconomicDynamics Newsletter Interview.
"CPI vs. PCE Inflation: Choosing a Standard Measure," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2013.
"The St. Louis Fed's New Center for Household Financial Stability," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2012.
"A Quarterly Monetary Policy Report Would Improve Fed Communications," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2013.
"The Fed's Latest Balance-Sheet Policy: What Constitutes Substantial Labor-Market Improvement?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2013.
"The Financial Crisis and Household Balance Sheets: A New Research Effort at the St. Louis Fed," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Central Banker, Winter 2012.
"Demographics, Redistribution, and Optimal Inflation," with Carlos Garriga, and Christopher J. Waller. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, November/December 2012, 94(6), pp. 419-40.
"Monetary Policy and the Expected Adjustment Path of Key Variables," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses, No. 30, October 12, 2012. Related: "The Fed Is Not 'Missing on the Dual Mandate,'" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2012, and "Patience Needed for Fed's Dual Mandate," Financial Times op-ed, Sept. 19, 2012.
"The Financial Crisis and Household Balance Sheets: A New Research Effort Under Way at the St. Louis Fed," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2012.
"European Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Wake-Up Call for the U.S." Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2011.
American Banker op-ed
"Recent Actions Increase the Fed's Transparency," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2012.
"Death of a Theory," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2012, 94(2), pp. 83-101.
"The Economic Recovery—America's Investment Problem," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2012.
"Economic Data—Appearances Can Be Deceiving," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2011.
"Measuring Inflation: The Core is Rotten," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2011, 93(4), pp. 223-34.
"The Effectiveness of QE2," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2011.
"Recent Monetary Policy and Inflation Expectations," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Central Banker, Summer 2011.
"The Fed's Dual Mandate: Lessons of the 1970s," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Annual Report 2010.
"Headline vs. Core Inflation: A Look at Some Issues," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2011.
"The Fed's Emergency Liquidity Facilities: Why They Were Necessary," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2011.
"The European Debt Crisis: Lessons for the U.S." Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2010.
"Seven Faces of 'The Peril,'" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, September/October 2010, 92(5), pp. 339-52. Preprint version | Related media interviews | Related news articles | Gavyn Davies FT Blog Summary.
"The Long and Winding Road to Regulatory Reform," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2010.
"Three Lessons for Monetary Policy from the Panic of 2008," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 2010, 92(3), pp. 155-64.
"The Fed: A Central Bank with a Regional Structure," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2010.
"Quantitative Easing—Uncharted Waters for Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2010.
"Is the Rate of Homeownership Nearing a Bottom?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, October 2009.
"Systemic Risk and the Financial Crisis: A Primer," with Christopher J. Neely and David C. Wheelock, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, September/October 2009, 91(5, Part 1), pp. 403-17.
"President's Welcome: Projecting Potential Growth: Issues and Measurements — The 33rd Annual Economic Policy Conference," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2009, 91(4), pp. 179-80.
"Panel Discussion: The Role of Potential Output in Policymaking," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2009, 91(4), pp. 389-95.
"As In the Past, Reform Will Follow Crisis," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2009.
"A Two-Headed Dragon for Monetary Policy," National Association for Business Economics Business Economics, 2009, 44(2), pp. 73-79.
"Fed's Bold Actions Harken Back to Volcker Era," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, April 2009.
"Three Funerals and a Wedding," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 2009, 91(1), pp. 1-12.
"The Fed as Lender of Last Resort," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, January 2009.
"St. Louis Fed's Approach to Monetary Policy Won't Change," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Regional Economist, July 2008.
"New President Bullard Bullish on Economics," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Central Banker, Summer 2008.
"A Tale of Two Crises," with Geetanjali Pande, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Trends, November 2007.
"Monetary Policy as Equilibrium Selection," with Gaetano Antinolfi and Costas Azariadis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2007, 89(4), pp. 331-41.
"Energy Prices: In the Mix or Swept Under the Rug?" with Geetanjali Pande, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, April 2007.
"The Taylor Principle and Recent FOMC Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Trends, September 2006.
"The Learnability Criterion and Monetary Policy," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 2006, 88(3), pp. 203-17.
"Understanding the Inflation Targeting Debate," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Trends, December 2005.
"Twist and Shout, or Back to the Sixties," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, March 2005.
"A Crude Crude Oil Calculation," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Trends, August 2004.
"1994," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, July 2004.
"How Costly is Sustained Low Inflation for the U.S. Economy?" with Steven Russell, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 2004, 86(3), pp. 35-67.
"Japanese Deflation Loses Something in the Translation," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, September 2003.
"Deflation, Corrosive and Otherwise," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, July 2003.
"Measuring Recession Severity," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Trends, September 2002.
"Why the Fed Should Ignore the Stock Market," with Eric Schaling, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2002, 84(2), pp. 35-41.
"Stag-nations," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, January 2002.
"Ahead of the Curve," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, November 2001.
"New Economy - New Policy Rules?" with Eric Schaling, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, September /October 2001, 83(5), pp. 57-66.
"What Constitutes a High Price of Oil?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, October 2000.
"An Oil Price Shock - Or a Shocking Price of Oil?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, April 2000.
"Testing Long-Run Monetary Neutrality Propositions: Lessons from the Recent Research," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, November/December 1999, 81(6), pp. 57-77.
"Phillips Relations in a Nutshell," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, March 1999.
"Historical CPI Inflation Under Current Calculation Methods," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, August 1999.
"Trading Trade-offs?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, December 1998.
"Deflation and Economic Growth," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, March 1998.
"What has Become of the 'Stability-Through-Inflation' Argument?" with Alvin Marty, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 1998, 80(1), pp. 37-45.
"Inflation and Labor Cost," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, December 1997.
"Long Expansions," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Economic Trends, April 1997.
"Editor's Introduction: Price Stability & Economic Growth," Proceedings of the Twenty Annual Economic Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 1996, 78(3), pp. 3-8.
"U.S. Official Forecasts of G-7 Economies, 1976-90," with Michael Ulan and William Dewald, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 1995, 77(2), pp. 39-47.
"Measures of Money and the Quantity Theory," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 1994, 76(1), pp. 19-30.
"Samuelson's Model of Money with n-period Lifetimes," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 1992, 74(3), pp. 67-82.
"The FOMC in 1991: An Elusive Recovery," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 1992, 74(2), pp. 41-61.
"The FOMC in 1990: Onset of Recession," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 1991, 73(3), pp. 31-52.
"Learning, Rational Expectations and Policy: A Summary of Recent Research," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 1991, 73(1), pp. 50-60.

James Bullard
President and Chief Executive Officer

Media requests
Laura Girresch

Executive Assistant to the President
Margo Gundlach

Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to the President
Cletus C. Coughlin

Senior Economist and Special Assistant to the President
Riccardo DiCecio

Biographical

"Rationally, let it be said in a whisper, experience is certainly worth more than theory."
Amerigo Vespucci

More Photos

Central Banker: News and Notes from the St. Louis Fed

Econ Lowdown Newsletter

James Bullard - Commentary