Brookings Report
Patricia Mosser
Special Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs
Personal Details
Patricia C. Mosser is a Special Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Previously, she was head of Research and Analysis at the Office of Financial Research, U.S. Treasury. Mosser spent over 20 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where she was senior manager at the New York Fed’s open market desk overseeing financial market analysis, monetary policy implementation, crisis-related facilities, foreign exchange and investment operations, and analysis of financial stability and reform. In 2009, she was SOMA manager for the FOMC. She previously served as an economist and manager in the New York Fed Research Department and as an assistant professor in the Economics Department at Columbia. Mosser has written on financial stability and monetary policy topics including financial reform, crisis policy tools, cyber risks to financial stability, and the monetary transmission mechanism. She was previously a consultant to the Bank of England, a member of the Deputies Committee of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and a board member of the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. Currently, she serves as an outside director of Nomura Holdings Incorporated and Nomura Holdings America and is a member of the Advisory Group to the Digital Dollar Project.
Education
- PhD in Economics, MIT
- MSc with distinction, London School of Economics
- BA in Mathematics and Economics, Wellesley College
Research And Publications
Brookings Institution
Rethinking the Central Bank’s Mandate, Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review
Housing Finance Reform Incubator, Housing Finance Policy Center, The Urban Institute
The Capital Structure and Governance of a Mortgage Security Utility
with Joseph Tracy and Joshua Wright, Staff Reports #644, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
In The Media
Panel examines regulatory and macroprudential response.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the School gathered multiple speakers and other online material to help celebrate 727 graduates representing 69 nations.
A webinar featuring SIPA professors Thomas Christensen and Shang-Jin Wei, joined by guests from Columbia Law School and New Frontier Health, in conversation with Dean Merit E. Janow of SIPA.
A webinar featuring SIPA professors Jacob Lew and Patricia Mosser and Columbia Business School professor Glenn Hubbard in conversation with Dean Merit E. Janow of SIPA.
The Central Banking and Financial Policy Initiative partnered with the MPA in Economic Policy Management Program to examine transparency, accountability, and other central banking issues.