A 2025 Review of the Governance, Mission, and Independence of the Federal Reserve

Hosted by the Federalist Society.

The Federal Reserve’s governance has captured the attention of Congress, the Administration, and the media. President Trump’s executive order on independent agency accountability specifically requires the Federal Reserve’s supervision and regulation function to coordinate with the White House, while the House Financial Services Committee has constituted a new task force to study the Fed’s monetary policy function, among other things. This legislative and presidential attention to considering Fed reform follows supervisory failures associated with Silicon Valley Bank, concerns around de-banking, and the Fed’s massive losses associated with its last round of quantitative easing. 

This webinar will discuss potential reform to the Fed’s governance as well as the purpose and scope of the Fed’s independence. It will feature a keynote address from Representative Frank Lucas—Chair of the House’s Task Force on Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity—as well as remarks from panelists Professor Christina Skinner (The Wharton School), Don Kohn (Brookings Institution), and Alex Pollock (Mises Institute). Andrew Olmem (Mayer Brown) will moderate.