Panel Discussion at Washington University in St. Louis

Sept. 29, 2025

Event

St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem participated in a panel discussion in St. Louis with two former St. Louis Fed presidents, Jim Bullard and Tom Melzer. The discussion, “The Past, Present, and Future of the Federal Reserve,” was co-hosted by Washington University’s Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy and Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business.

More than 600 people attended the conversation about topics including the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices, data the Fed uses to make decisions, the role of Reserve Banks, and the importance of Fed independence. Karen Branding of the Regional Business Council moderated the discussion.