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How Long is Too Long? How High is Too High?: Managing Recent Inflation Developments within the FOMC’s Monetary Policy Framework

Governor Randal K. Quarles At the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference “Charting a New Course,” Beverly Hills, California October 20, 2021/US Federal Reserve Thank you to the Milken Institute for the opportunity to join you today. This morning I’d like to outline my view of current economic conditions and the […]

Shirin Hamid to Become the IMF’s Chief Information Officer and Director of the Information and Technology Department

October 20, 2021/IMF Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her intention to appoint Ms. Shirin Hamid as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of the Information Technology Department (ITD). Ms. Hamid’s selection was the outcome of an internationally competitive process. Ms. Hamid, a […]

IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath to Return to Harvard University

October 19, 2021/IMF International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced today that Gita Gopinath, the Fund’s Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department, intends to leave the Fund in January 2022 and return to Harvard University’s Economics Department as planned when her public service leave ends. Harvard […]