Megan Greene's CV and questionnaire for the Treasury Select Committee

On July 1, 2026, trade representatives from the US, Canada, and Mexico face the first review deadline for the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA), which took effect in July 2020. President Trump has said he does not intend to renew the agreement in its current form, raising the likelihood of further rounds of review and…

Copy Citation Fabian Schär, Dario Thürkauf, and David Yermack, “Unruly by Design: Fee Volatility and Strategic Attacks in Bitcoin Mining,” NBER Working Paper 35443 (2026), https://doi.org/10.3386/w35443. Copy to Clipboard Download Citation

This paper shows that the currency in which traded goods are invoiced has a first-order implication for the short-run impact of tariffs on the economy. If prices are set in terms of producer’s currency (PCP), a unilateral tariff is contractionary on impact, reducing GDP, and causing a deterioration in the trade balance. By contrast, with…

I spent the spring this year working nearly every day at a local garden center, where I got paid $17 per hour, or slightly over Massachusetts’ $15 minimum wage. I didn’t make much, but it’s one of the best jobs I’ve ever had. When I applied, I was running out of funds. I’d been laid…

The pace of change across technology and market infrastructure is accelerating, driven by the shift towards an always-on financial ecosystem that never closes for weekends or holidays. Soon, securities will be bought and sold, trade finance executed, and risk managed continuously, every day. For organizations and their treasurers, this demands more than a simple upgrade….

Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Guillaume Benoit and Christophe Jakubyszyn on 24 June 2026 2 July 2026 On 11 June, the ECB raised its key interest rates. Do you still think that was the right decision, given that just ten days later Iran and the United States agreed a 60-day…