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
A Key to Fed Independence: Its 12 Regional Banks
Here's a commentary piece that appears in today's Wall Street Journal that I co-authored with Kathryn Judge, Professor…
Bordo, Levy See Warsh as “Mainstream Central Banker” in Greenspan-Bernanke Tradition
In this podcast with Michael Bordo on Central Bank Central with host Kathleen Hays, we respond to a series of questions…
Bowing to the Affordability Mirage
This is a Barron's Op-Ed that I co-authored with Michael Bordo. It describes the inconsistencies of policymakers,…
“Stable” Job Market Shows Economy “Doing Okay;” Inflation Likely to Fall in 2026
Here's an interview I did on the Central Bank Central Podcast, hosted by Kathleen Hays. We discuss a wide array of…
The Fed Needs to Earn Its Independence. Just Setting Rates Isn’t Enough.
Here's an article I co-authored with Professor Amit Seru at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and…
Fed Rate Cuts May Stop as Spending Fuels Growth, Keeps Inflation Rising
Here's a Podcast of my guest appearance on Central Bank Central hosted by Kathleen Hays. In it, I discuss the…
Trump Forces a Fed Guessing Game
The Fed has clearly signaled that it will lower interest rates, but is this the proper monetary policy? In this Wall…