William Poole
Distinguished Scholar in Residence
314 Purnell Hall
302-831-1908
302-831-6968 (Fax)
poole
lerner [dot] udel [dot] edu (Contact Information)
Education:
- Swarthmore College (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), A.B. 1959
- University of Chicago, M.B.A., 1963
- University of Chicago, Ph.D., 1966
Teaching Interests:
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Economics
Activities and Honors:
- President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1998-2008
- Professor of Economics, Brown University, 1974-1998
- Doctor of Laws, Swarthmore College, 1989
- The Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, 2005
Recent Publications:
- “The Fed’s Monetary Policy Rule,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 88 (January/February 2006), 1-11.
- “How Predictable Is Fed Policy?” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 87 (November/December 2005), 659-68.
- “Understanding the Term Structure of Interest Rates,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 87 (September/October 2005), 589-96
- “Panel Discussion II: Safeguarding Good Policy Practice,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 87 (March/April 2005), 303-06.
- “GSE Risks,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 87 (March/April 2005), 85-92.
- “FOMC Transparency,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 87 (January/February 2005), 1-10.
- “Free Trade: Why Are Economists and Noneconomists So Far Apart?" Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 86 (September/October 2004), 1-6.
- “Best Guesses and Surprises,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 86 (May/June 2004), 1-8.
- “A Perspective on U.S. International Trade,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 86 (March/April 2004), 1-8.
- “A Perspective on U.S. International Capital Flows,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review Vol. 86 (January/February 2004), 1-8.
- “Fed Transparency: How, Not Whether,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 85 (November/December 2003), 1-8.
- “Institutions for Stable Prices: How To Design an Optimal Central Bank Law,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 85 (September/October 2003), 1-6.
- “Housing in the Macroeconomy,” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review 85 (May/June 2003), 1-8
