The U.S. economy and monetary policy

maj. 03, 2019

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for the roundtable edition of the Finance Panel with President Charles Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Charles Evans addressed topics concerning the U.S. economy and monetary policy. What are the
most important issues that the Federal Reserve System or FOMC is currently facing? What is the
outlook for 2019? How are long run, structural factors affecting monetary policy? President Evans
made a short introduction which was followed by a discussion amongst the participants. The meeting was held under Chatham House Rule and was not open to media or recorded.

Charles L. Evans has served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since September 2007. In that capacity, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System's monetary policymaking body.

Before becoming president in September of 2007, Evans served as director of research and senior vice president, supervising the Bank's research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets and regional economic conditions.

His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation and financial market prices and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Evans is active in the civic community. He is a trustee at Rush University Medical Center, a director of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a Governing Board member of Econ Illinois, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago Board of Directors and a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Civic Consulting Alliance Board.

Evans has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.