Plenary speakers:
Hi, I'm a Macro Professor and I'm Here to Help!
Jon Faust, Johns Hopkins University

Modeling Fiscal Matters
Eric Leeper, Indiana University

Credit Spreads as Predictors of Real-Time Economic Activity: A Bayesian Model-Averaging Approach
Jonathan Wright, Johns Hopkins University

Panel Discussions:
Central Bank Forecasting During the Crisis
Gunter Coenen, European Central Bank

Papers:
Green Shoots in the Euro Area. A Real Time Measure
Maximo Camacho, Universidad de Murcia, Gabriel Perez-Quiros, Banco de Espana

Discussant:
Marcelle Chauvet, University of California, Riverside

Dynamic Hierarchical Factor Models
Emanuel Moench, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Serena Ng, Columbia University; Simon Potter, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Discussant:
Christopher Otrok, University of Virginia

Monetary Policy and Financial Stability in Emerging-Market Economies: An Operational Framework
Jaromir Benes, Michael Kumhof, International Monetary Fund; David Vavra, O.G. Research

Discussant:
Skander J. Van den Heuvel, Federal Reserve Board

Estimating DSGE Models with Observed Real-Time Expectation Data
Michael Juillard, Banque de France; Junior Maih, Norges Bank

Discussant:
Jesper Linde, Federal Reserve Board

Short-Term Inflation Projections: a Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Approach
Domenico Giannone,Universite Libre Bruxelles; Michele Lenza, Daphne Momfertou, and Luca Onorante, European Central Bank

Discussant:
Andros Kourtellos, University of Cyprus

Nowcasting Norwegian GDP in Real-Time: A Density Combination Approach
Knut Are Aastveit, Karsten R. Gerdrup, Anne Sofie Jore, Leif Anders Thorsrud, Norges Bank

Discussant:
Kenneth Wallis, University of Warwick

On the Advantages of Disaggregated Data: Insights from Forecasting the U.S. Economy in a Data-Rich Environment
Nikita Perevalov, Philipp Maier, Bank of Canada

Discussant:
Philip Liu, International Monetary Fund

Forecasting the Price of Oil
Ron Alquist, Bank of Canada; Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan CEPR; Rob Vigfusson, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant:
Keith Sill, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia