Global Economic Challenges: What Can Monetary Policy Do?

October 26, 2016, 5:30–7 p.m., Gleacher Center

Raghuram Rajan described some of the opportunities and challenges facing the global economy and asked what role monetary policy has in addressing them.

Rajan was the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. He is Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth.

The Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum is part of the Initiative on Global Markets (IGM) and is generously sponsored by Myron Scholes.

Speaker Profile


Raghuram Rajan is Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He was the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, Rajan was the chief economist and director of research at the International Monetary Fund.

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