Navigating the Structure of the Global Economy

The Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute?s primary focus is developing a better understanding of how the process of deepening economic integration among countries of the world, or globalization, alters the environment in which U.S. monetary policy decisions are made. In this article, I discuss how my research contributes to this mission. I emphasize the interaction between increased globalization and the changing structure of economic activity, and how these phenomena affect the ways economists evaluate key economic trade-offs.