James B. Bullard

Dr. James B. Bullard is the twelfth president of the Eighth District Federal Reserve Bank, at St. Louis. He is serving the remainder of a term that began on March 1, 2006. Dr. Bullard succeeded William Poole as president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank on April 1, 2008.

Biography

Dr. Bullard is a native of Forest Lake, Minnesota. He received a bachelor's degree in quantitative methods and information systems, and economics from St. Cloud State University in 1984 and a Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University in 1990.

Prior to becoming president, Dr. Bullard was vice president and deputy director of research for monetary analysis at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He joined the Bank in 1990 as an economist in the Research Division.

Dr. Bullard's research has appeared in numerous professional journals, including the "Journal of Monetary Economics"; "Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking"; "Journal of Economic Growth"; and "Journal of Economic Theory". He is currently an adjunct faculty member and Ph.D. adviser at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Bullard is also a co-editor of the "Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control" and a peer reviewer for more than two dozen periodicals and institutions.

References

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