Dr. Mickey D. Levy
Research Focusing On How Monetary and Fiscal Policies Influence Economic and Financial Behavior
Mickey Levy is a macroeconomist who uniquely analyzes economic and financial market performance and how they are affected by monetary and fiscal policies.
Recent Articles and Publications
October 16, 2024
A 50-Year Retrospective On The Shadow Open Market Committee And Its Role In Monetary Policy
Here's a lengthy paper I wrote with Professor Michael Bordo that assesses the 50-year history of the Shadow Open Market…
July 26, 2024
The Antigrowth Agendas of Harris and Trump
Wall Street Journal Commentary by Mickey D. Levy: The economic platforms of both presidential candidates are littered…
June 11, 2024
Levy: Fed’s System of Estimating and Communicating Dots Needs Changes
At the conclusion of its FOMC meeting this Wednesday, the Fed will release its quarterly Summary of Economic…
June 6, 2024
What the Fed Doesn’t Communicate
WSJ Commentary: Every quarter the Federal Reserve publishes a summary of economic projections. The one released during…
May 3, 2024
The Fed’s Strategic Approach to Monetary Policy Needs a Reboot
Fed Chair Powell has announced the Fed will conduct a strategic review of monetary policy later this year. This…
April 18, 2024
America’s Economic Riddle
This is a podcast conversation between Mickey Levy and Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. It…
March 4, 2024
Time for Fed to Recalibrate View of What’s Restrictive?
Here is an interview with Kathleen Hays on her podcast, Central Bank Central. It is based on Levy's Wall Street Journal…