The Henry Family Endowed Speaker Series in Economics
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The Henry Family Endowed
Speaker Series in Economics
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Jim Bullard
Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business
Distinguished Professor of Service and Professor of Economics
Special Advisor to the President |
Can the Fed Stick the Soft Landing? |
Biography |
James “Jim” Bullard, the longest serving sitting president of Federal Reserve Banks and one of
the nation’s foremost economists and respected scholar-leaders, was chosen in July 2023 as the
inaugural dean of the reimagined Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue
University
Bullard, who took the reins as the Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean on August 15, is charged with
inspiring, further developing and implementing Purdue’s reimagined approach to a top-ranked
business school across undergraduate, graduate, executive and research programs, preparing
tomorrow’s business leaders and entrepreneurs in the Daniels School that is grounded in the
principles of free enterprise, free market economy in generating opportunities and prosperity, and
in the hallmarks of a well-rounded Purdue education and with a particular emphasis on tech driven, analytics-based business success.
To further reflect and to maximize the impact of Bullard’s unique, national leadership experience, he also serves as Special Advisor to the President of the university, reporting to President Mung Chiang in that capacity. Bullard is also a Distinguished Professor of Service in the Daniels School’s Department of Economics.
Serving 15 years as the sitting president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis, Bullard earned significant praise and accolades for his long-standing leadership and
innovative thinking as part of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) in guiding the
direction of U.S. monetary policy. A noted economist and scholar, Bullard had been the longest serving Federal Reserve Bank president in the country and ranked as the seventh-most influential
economist in the world in 2014. His scholarly impact has been based on research-based thinking
and intellectual openness to new theories and explanations. That allowed Bullard to be an early
voice for economic change, helping the Federal Reserve deftly navigate complex economic
landscapes such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crisis during his tenure.
Before becoming president in 2008, Bullard served in various roles at the Federal Reserve Bank
of St. Louis, starting in 1990 as an economist in the research division and later serving as vice
president and deputy director of research for monetary analysis. For 15 years, he directed the
activities of the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District, which branches into several states, including
an extensive portion of southern Indiana. While serving on the Federal Reserve’s Open Market
Committee, Macroeconomic Advisers named Bullard the FOMC's second biggest mover of
markets in 2010 behind Chairman Ben Bernanke and the biggest mover of markets in 2011 and
During his time as an academic economist and financial policy scholar, Bullard’s research has
appeared in premier journals, including the American Economic Review; the Journal of
Monetary Economics; Macroeconomic Dynamics; and the Journal of Money, Credit and
Banking. The majority of his research is some form of macroeconomic analysis, focusing on
monetary policy, inflation/deflation, and macroeconomic stability
Bullard served as an honorary professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis,
where he also sat on the advisory council of the economics department as well as several
advisory boards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch named him the Top Workplace Leader among the
region’s large employers as part of its 2018 Top Workplace Awards. Active in the community,
Bullard has served on the board of directors of Concordance Academy of Leadership in St. Louis
and was formerly the board chair of the United Way U.S.A. He is co-editor of the Journal of
Economic Dynamics and Control, a member of the editorial advisory board of the National
Institute Economic Review and a member of the Central Bank Research Association’s senior
council.
Born in Wisconsin, Bullard grew up in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and received his doctorate in
economics from Indiana University in Bloomington. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in
economics and in quantitative methods and information systems from St. Cloud State University
in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024
6:00 P.M. ET
(In-Person)
Reception Immediately Following
Storer Auditorium
Miami Herbert Business School
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