'Basel II was a big mistake': Larry Meyer exclusive interview
The former Fed governor, now vice-chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, talks to Credit about the US central bank’s handling of the financial crisis, and gives his views on where US monetary policy is heading.
As someone who spent more than five years as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System between June 1996 and January 2002, Laurence Meyer is well-qualified to assess the steps taken by the Fed to stabilise the financial system in the recent past, and where US monetary policy is heading next.
On the former, Meyer, who upon leaving the Fed rejoined Washington DC-based
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