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Since 1969, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has gathered distinguished individuals from universities, government, business and finance to discuss important issues affecting economic policy. The resulting exchange of ideas is later published in a series of conference proceedings that include all the papers and discussions, together with an overview of the conference.

Proceedings for all conferences are available as full-text PDF files; however, proceedings have not been published for conference numbers 48, 49, and 53.

2000 to present
(#44 + )
1990 to 1999
(#34 to 43)
1980 to 1989
(#22 to 33)
1969 to 1979
(#1 to 21)

No. 55
October 2010

Revisiting Monetary Policy in a Low Inflation Environment
(papers and presentations)

No. 54
October 2009

After the Fall: Re-Evaluating Supervisory, Regulatory, and Monetary Policy
(papers and presentations)

No. 53
June 2008

Understanding Inflation and the Implications for Monetary Policy: A Phillips Curve Retrospective
(papers and presentations)

No. 52
June 2007

Labor Supply in the New Century

Editors:
Katharine Bradbury
Christopher L. Foote
Robert K. Triest

No. 51
June 2006

Global Imbalances cover Global Imbalances and the Evolving World Economy

Editor:
Jane Sneddon Little

No. 50
June 2005

Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System cover Wanting It All:
The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System

Editor:
Jane Sneddon Little

No. 49
June 2004

The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy

The collected papers presented at this conference were published in The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy (MIT Press, February 2006).

The introduction chapter is available in PDF format; copies of the book may be ordered from MIT Press.

No. 48
June 2003

How Humans Behave:
Implications for Economics and Economic Policy

The conference overview, as well as draft papers and presentations are available.

No. 47
June 2002

Education in the 21st Century:
Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World

Editor:
Yolanda K. Kodrzycki

No. 46
June 2001

Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change

Editors:
Jane Sneddon Little
Robert K. Triest

No. 45
October 2000

The Evolution of Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Over the Past Thirty Years:
A Conference in Honor of Frank E. Morris

Editors:
Richard W. Kopcke
Lynn Elaine Browne

No. 44
June 2000

Building an Infrastructure for Financial Stability

Editors:
Eric S. Rosengren
John S. Jordan

No. 43 June 1999		Rethinking the International Monetary System Editors: Jane Sneddon Little Giovanni P. Olivei
No. 42 June 1998		Beyond Shocks: What Causes Business Cycles? Editors: Jeffrey C. Fuhrer Scott Schuh
No. 41 June 1997		Social Security Reform Editors: Steven A. Sass Robert K. Triest
No. 40 June 1996		Technology and Growth Editors Jeffrey C. Fuhrer Jane Sneddon Little
No. 39 June 1995		Is Bank Lending Important for the Transmission of Monetary Policy? Editors Joe Peek Eric S. Rosengren
No. 38 June 1994		Goals, Guidelines, and Constraints Facing Monetary Policymakers Editor Jeffrey C. Fuhrer
No. 37 November 1993		Safeguarding the Banking System in an Environment of Financial Cycles Editor Richard E. Randall
No. 36 September 1992		Real Estate and the Credit Crunch Editors Lynn E. Browne Eric S. Rosengren
No. 35 June 1991		The Financial Condition and Regulation of Insurance Companies Editors Richard W. Kopcke Richard E. Randall
No. 34 June 1990		Is There a Shortfall in Public Capital Investment? Editor Alicia H. Munnell

No. 33 October 1989		Are the Distinctions between Debt and Equity Disappearing? Editors Richard W. Kopcke Eric S. Rosengren
No. 32 October 1988		International Payments Imbalances in the 1980s Editor Norman S. Fieleke
No. 31 October 1987		The Merger Boom Editors Lynn E. Browne Eric S. Rosengren
No. 30 September 1986		Lessons from the Income Maintenance Experiments co-sponsored by The Brookings Institution Editor Alicia H. Munnell
No. 29 October 1985		Economic Consequences of Tax Simplification
No. 28 May 1984		The International Monetary System: Forty Years After Bretton Woods
No. 27 October 1983		The Economics of Large Government Deficits
No. 26 July 1983		The Political Economy of Monetary Policy: National and International Aspects co-sponsors: Banca d'Italia Council of European Studies, New York Shiftung Volkswagenwerk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Editor Donald R. Hodgman
No. 25 October 1982		Saving and Government Policy
No. 24 October 1981		The Future of The Thrift Industry
No. 23 October 1980		Controlling Monetary Aggregates III
No. 22 June 1980		The Decline In Productivity Growth

No. 21 October 1979		The Regulation of Financial Institutions co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation
No. 20 October 1978		Managed Exchange-Rate Flexibility: The Recent Experience co-sponsored by the International Seminar in Public Economics
No. 19 June 1978		After the Phillips Curve: Persistence of High Inflation and High Unemployment
No. 18 October 1977		Key Issues in International Banking
No. 17 November 1976		Minority Business Development
No. 16 October 1976		Funding Pensions: Issues and Implications for Financial Markets
No. 15 October 1975		New England and The Energy Crisis
No. 14 January 1975		New Mortgage Designs for Stable Housing in an Inflationary Environment
No. 13 October 1974		The Economics of A National Electronic Funds Transfer System
No. 12 June 1974		International Aspects of Stabilization Policies co-sponsored by the International Seminar in Public Economics Editors Albert Ando Richard Herring Richard Marston
No. 11 September 1973		Credit Allocation Techniques and Monetary Policy
No. 10 June 1973		Issues In Federal Debt Management
No. 9 September 1972		Controlling Monetary Aggregates II: The Implementation
No. 8 June 1972		Policies for A More Competitive Financial System
No. 7 January 1972		Financing Public Schools
No. 6 September 1971		Canadian-United States Financial Relationships
No. 5 June 1971		Consumer Spending and Monetary Policy: The Linkages
No. 4 October 1970		Housing and Monetary Policy (Out of Print)
No. 3 June 1970		Financing State and Local Governments
No. 2 October 1969		The International Adjustment Mechanism
No. 1 June 1969		Controlling Monetary Aggregates