{video} Jeffrey Lacker is a prolific writer about, and respected critic of, the Federal Reserve, a path that started when he joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond as an economist in 1989 and then went on to become President of the bank from 2004 to 2017. Kno He continues his work at the SOMC, Shadow Open Market Committee, and at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University Now, as Kevin Warsh takes over as President of the Federal Reserve, and the debate within the Fed intensifies over whether or not it’s time to raise rates to fight inflation, Jeff is arguing for rate hikes starting at the Fed’s July meeting ... (full story)