纽约大学金融机构中心的成立是为了研究中央银行监管经济的性质和运作。超过170个国家通过中央银行监管其经济，其中包括来自法律，经济学，政治学，历史学和社会学的观点。金融机构中心鼓励对中央银行进行学术研究，收集和传播有关其权力和活动的信息，并通过定期会议和座谈会促进银行官员和相关领域的学者之间的讨论。

该中心的主任是Stuyvesant P. Comfort法学教授Geoffrey Miller。

金融机构中心旨在实现三个主要目标：收集和传播与中央银行和金融系统有关的信息。通过简化收集和分发信息的过程，促进中央银行家、学者和相关领域的人之间的讨论。鼓励对中央银行和金融体系进行学术研究。

More than 170 nations regulate their economies through central banks. NYU's Center for Financial Institutions was established to study their nature and operations.

The center includes perspectives drawn from law, economics, political science, history, and sociology. It encourages scholarly research on central banks, collects and disseminates information relating to their powers and activities, and facilitates discussion among bank officials and scholars in related fields through regular conferences and colloquia.

The director of the center is Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law Geoffrey Miller.

The Center has been designed to accomplish three major goals:
The collection and dissemination of information related to central banks and financial systems.

The facilitation of discussion among central bankers, scholars, and those in related fields by simplifying the process by which information is gathered and distributed.

The encouragement of scholarly research on central banks and financial systems.