Randall S. Kroszner

  • Title:

    Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics

  • Education:

    PhD, MA, Harvard University; Sc.B., Brown University

  • Joined UChicago Faculty:

    1990

  • randy.kroszner@chicagobooth.edu

Randall S. Kroszner

Randall S. Kroszner is Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics. Dr. Kroszner served as a Governor of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 until 2009. He chaired the committee on Supervision and Regulation of Banking Institutions and the committee on Consumer and Community Affairs. In these capacities, he took a leading role in developing responses to the financial crisis and in undertaking new initiatives to improve consumer protection and disclosure, including rules related to home mortgages and credit cards. He represented the Federal Reserve Board on the Financial Stability Forum (now called the Financial Stability Board), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, and the Central Bank Governors of the American Continent and was a director of NeighborWorks America. Dr. Kroszner chaired the working party of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), composed of deputy central bank governors and finance ministers, on Policies for the Promotion of Better International Payments Equilibrium. As a member of the Fed Board, he was also a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee.

From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Kroszner was a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). He was involved in formulating policy on a wide range of issues, including responses to corporate governance scandals, government-sponsored enterprise reform, pension reform, terrorism risk insurance, tax reform, currency crisis management, sovereign debt restructuring, the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and international trade and development.

Dr. Kroszner is a frequent commentator in the international media. He provides advice to financial institutions, government organizations, and central banks throughout the world.

 

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Expertise

Financial crises, Finance, Banking

Kroszner Stories

Could Machines Put Central Bankers Out of a Job?

Research by Prof. Randall Kroszner finds central, commercial banks may face ‘disruptive competition’ from technological shifts like crowd-funding, digital currency


Why The Fed Won't Raise Rates Soon

Profs. Randall Kroszner, Austan Goolsbee argue the interest rates won't be raised, citing possible European financial crisis, sluggish Chinese economy


Fed Not in Hurry to Raise Interest Rates: Kroszner

In interview, Prof. Randall Kroszner says Federal Reserve seems to be ‘comfortable with substantial improvement in the labor market’


Former Fed Governor Kroszner on Policy, Economy

Prof. Randall Kroszner comments on Federal Reserve’s optimism with record-high Dow, says ‘most recent numbers have been reasonably heartening'


Fed considers global implications of acts like stimulus end: Randall Kroszner

In interview, Prof. Randall Kroszner discusses tapering of the federal stimulus package


The Times of India

Federal Reserve stands firm on interest rates

Prof. Randall Kroszner says Fed, concerned about "false dawns," will act carefully and see how economy evolves


National Public Radio

No Fed `major moves' short term, Kroszner says

Prof. Randall Kroszner believes U.S. GDP will grow in 'sideways slide'


Former Fed official sees stationary storm front over U.S. economy

Prof. Randall Kroszner downgrades financial forecast, noting risk of downturn 'has certainly increased'