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Finance, Banking & Monetary Policy

History has shown that monetary stability — money growth consistent with a stable and predictable value of money — is an important determinant of economic stability. As capital markets become more sophisticated, they are simultaneously more crucial to the functioning of a complex economy and more difficult for policymakers to understand. Cato's analysts study the workings of the capital markets, the value of free flows of capital, and the burdens imposed on markets by regulation.

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Issues by Topic

• Banking Law and Regulation
• Finance and Banking
• Financial Crises and the Global Financial System
• Housing Markets
• The Fed and Monetary Policy

Experts

• Mark A. Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies (Housing, mortgage finance, economics, banking and insurance)
• James A. Dorn, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Editor of Cato Journal (Monetary policy, housing policy)
• Steve H. Hanke, Senior Fellow (Monetary policy, inflation, currency and foreign exchange, privatization, public finance, capital market development)
• Jeffrey A. Miron, Senior Fellow (Monetary policy)
• Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., Senior Fellow (Monetary policy, the Fed)
• William Poole, Senior Fellow (The Fed, monetary policy)