
Bill English joined Yale University in 2016. He had previously been at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including, from 2010 to 2015, as Director of the Division of Monetary Affairs and Secretary to the Federal Open Market Committee. In that position, Bill oversaw the development of monetary policy, working extensively on issues related to asset purchases, policy normalization, and policy communication. His research has focused on issues related to monetary policy, including unconventional policy, and banking issues.
In 2002-03, Bill was a Senior Economist at the Bank for International Settlements, and in 1996-97, he was a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Bill taught at the University of Pennsylvania, where he won the Irving Kravis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching in Economics.
Expertise
Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
- BA, Yale University, 1982
Selected Articles
Designing the Main Street Lending Program: Challenges and Options
Interest Rate Risk and Bank Equity Valuations
The Federal Reserve's Framework for Monetary Policy: Recent Changes and New Questions
The Federal Reserve's Large-Scale Asset Purchase Programmes: Rationale and Effects
The Irrelevance of Some Forms of Credit Constraints for Government Monetary and Debt Policy
Courses
Monetary Policy MGT 523; Econ 375
Central Banking MGT 628; Econ 424
System Risk Colloquium MGT 949