Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability

Summary

The Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) is an economics and legal research center at Goethe University Frankfurt with a focus on central banks. Its interdisciplinary research centers on the tasks, competencies, and powers of central banks in monetary policy, as well as regulation and financial supervision. Located in the House of Finance, which consolidates the university's economics activities, the institute was founded in 2007 to carry out the "Currency and Financial Stability" project and is co-financed by the Stiftung Geld und Währung. The Directorate comprises three core professorships and four additional professorships.