Commentary in the Press by Stephen Cecchetti

Stephen Cecchetti, the Barbara '54 and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at Brandeis International Business School, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, is a regular contributor to the Financial Times and other news media. Follow the links below to his recent articles and media appearances. More will be added as they are published.

• A Better Way to Organise Securities Markets - Financial Times, October 4, 2007

• FAQ on the recent Federal Reserve policy actions in injecting capital into the U.S. banking system - Vox Blog, August 13, 2007


• A Future of Public Healthcare for All - Financial Times, July 2, 2007


• Federal Reserve May Have Hit Speed Limit - Financial Times, December 11, 2006


• Core Inflation is an Unreliable Guide - Financial Times, September 11, 2006


• Inflation Targeting is the best way forward for the Fed - Financial Times, July 10, 2006


• Paulson has the tools but needs Bush's support - Financial Times, May 31, 2006


• Bernanke's balancing act means slow times ahead - Financial Times, May 9, 2006


• Housing binge will have inflation hangover - Financial Times, December 19, 2005


• Greenspan must be sensitive to growth uncertainty - Financial Times, September 19, 2005


• Why Federal Reserve must raise interest rates - Financial Times, August 8, 2005


• Central Bankers must practise silence - Financial Times, May 11, 2005


• US Interest rate must rise, and quickly - Financial Times, March 21, 2005


• How should Monetary Policy respond to Asset Price Bubbles? - Börsen Zeitung, February 1, 2005


• A trust fund can feed both growth and the old - Financial Times, January 26, 2005


• Say it softly: the solution is a tax rise - Financial Times, November 22, 2004


• Voters Ill-Equipped for Economic Debate - Financial Times, October 6, 2004


• The oil pressure is rising at the Fed - Financial Times, August 23, 2004


• Managers prefer a little more inflation - Financial Times, May 31, 2004


• Banks tiptoe through an etymological minefield - Financial Times, March 22, 2004


• Why the US deficit matters - Financial Times, February 2, 2004


• Economic Policy in a Democratic Society - Financial Times, January 13, 2004


• The Good, the Bad, and Eliot Spitzer - Financial Times, November 25, 2003


• Closing America's Job Gap - Financial Times, October 2, 2003


• Slaves to the rules of central banking - Financial Times, September 2, 2003


• Monetary policy is not the force that it used to be - Financial Times, August 6, 2003

Media Appearances

Fed Rate Cut Commentary - National Public Radio WBUR, December 11, 2007

Fed Focus - Bloomberg Television, November 8, 2007

Fed Decisions - Bloomberg Radio, September 18, 2007

Fed Rates - Bloomberg Television, September 18, 2007

Fed Rates - CNBC, August 18, 2007

US Mortgage Market Turmoil - National Public Radio, August 10, 2007

Fed Focus - Bloomberg Television, June 29, 2007

Deciphering Inflation - Bloomberg Radio, October 25, 2006

"Headline" vs. "Core" Inflation? - Bloomberg Television, October 24, 2006

The Interest Rate Debate - CNBC, October 3, 2006

The Economic Horizon - Bloomberg Radio, September 6, 2006

Focus on the Fed - Bloomberg Television, August 29, 2006

Pausing the Rise in Interest Rates - Bloomberg Television, August 8, 2006 (Windows Media - large file download)

Where Are Interest Rates Headed? - Bloomberg Radio, July 26, 2006 (Windows Media - large file download)

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