By Gerry Everding
March 23, 2001
Laurence H. Meyer, former University faculty member and current member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will present the 2001 Homer Jones Memorial Lecture, "Does Money Matter?" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Simon Hall's May Auditorium.
Before his June 1996 appointment to the Federal Reserve's influential Board of Governors, Meyer served more than 25 years as a member of the University's economics faculty in Arts & Sciences. During his tenure here, he served for a period as chair of economics and as a longtime research associate of the University's Center for the Study of American Business, now known as the Weidenbaum Center for the Economy, Government and Public Policy.
In 1982, Meyer co-founded Laurence H. Meyer and Associates, a St. Louis-based consulting firm specializing in macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis. He was honored as the 1986 Economic Forecaster of the Year by Business Week, and was similarly recognized in 1993 and 1996 with the prestigious Annual Forecast Award, presented to the most accurate forecaster on the Blue Chip Economic Indicators panel.
This lecture series honors Homer Jones, a man who exemplified leadership in economics and public policy. Jones served at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 1958-71, first as research director and later as senior vice president, and played a major role in developing the St. Louis Fed as a leader in monetary research and statistics.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. For more information, contact the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences at 935-5632.
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