Alberto Musalem: The outlook for the US economy and monetary policy

On September 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Alberto Musalem, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will share his outlook for the U.S. economy and monetary policy. Following his remarks, he will be interviewed by David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at Brookings, and take questions from the audience. Musalem is among the five regional Fed bank presidents with a vote on interest rates this year. His remarks will come a few days after the September 16-17 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

Prior to joining the St. Louis Fed, President Musalem was CEO and co-chief investment officer of Evince Asset Management LP, a quantitative investment technology company he co-founded in 2018. From 2014-2017, he was executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and senior advisor to the Bank’s president. Before that, he spent 13 years at Tudor Investment Corp., where he was managing director and partner. Musalem earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Online viewers can pose questions in advance by emailing [email protected].