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2012 Economic Policy Symposium
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosts more than 100 central bankers, policymakers, academics and economists from around the world at its annual economic policy symposium Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 in Jackson Hole, Wy.
Speakers include Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Bank for International Settlements General Manager Jaime Caruana, Kansas City Fed President Esther George, as well as professors and central bank governors.Materials for this year's symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, will be posted as they are available. Times listed on the agenda are Mountain Standard Time.
To learn about the symposium's history read In Late August.
2012 Economic Policy Symposium Agenda
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 | |
6 p.m. | Opening Reception and Dinner |
Host: | Esther George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 | |
Chair: | Susan M. Collins, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan |
7:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
8:30 a.m. | Identifying and Mitigating Contagion |
Author: | Kristin J. Forbes, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Discussant: | Franklin Allen, Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
9:05 a.m. | General Discussion |
9:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
9:55 a.m. | Ensuring Long-Term Financial Stability |
Author: | Andrew Haldane, Executive Director, Financial Stability, Bank of England |
Discussants: | José De Gregorio, Professor, Universidad de Chile |
Eswar S. Prasad, Professor, Cornell University and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
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10:45 a.m. | General Discussion |
11:10 a.m. | Accommodation at the Zero Lower Bound |
Author: | Michael Woodford, Professor, Columbia University |
Discussant: | Adam S. Posen, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International |
Economics and External Member, Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England | |
11:45 a.m. | General Discussion |
12:30 p.m. | Luncheon Address: Policymaking in an Interconnected World |
Speaker: | Jaime Caruana, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements |
2 p.m. | Adjournment |
7 p.m. | Reception and Western Barbeque |
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 | |
Chair: |
Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel |
7:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
8 a.m. | Leverage, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy |
Authors: | Markus K. Brunnermeier, Professor, Princeton University |
Yuliy Sannikov, Professor, Princeton University | |
Discussant: | Amir Sufi, Professor, University of Chicago |
8:35 a.m. | General Discussion |
9 a.m. | |
Authors: | Edward P. Lazear, Professor, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution |
James R. Spletzer, Principal Economist, U.S. Census Bureau | |
9:20 a.m. | Coffee Break |
9:45 a.m. | Discussant: Athanasios Orphanides, Senior Fellow, |
Center for Financial Studies | |
10 a.m. | General Discussion |
10:25 a.m. | Overview Panel: Global Policy Perspectives |
Panelists: | Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Central Bank of Malaysia |
Alan S. Blinder, Professor, Princeton University | |
Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank Of Israel | |
11:25 a.m. | General Discussion |
12:15 p.m. | Luncheon |
2 p.m. |
Adjournment |
7 p.m. |
Closing Reception and Dinner |