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 more about the symposium's history read In Late August. 

Federal Reserve officials met with the Center for Popular Democracy's Fed Up campaign on August 25, 2016, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. External LinkWatch the event.

Agenda

Day 1:

Opening Reception and Dinner

Host:
Esther L. George
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Foreword
Contributors
Summary

Day 2:

Opening Remarks

Chair:
Peter Blair Henry
Dean
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
New York University

Janet L. Yellen | Speech
Chair
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Adapting to Changes in the Financial Market Landscape

Authors:
Darrell Duffie | Paper
Professor
Stanford University

Arvind Krishnamurthy | Paper
Professor
Stanford University

Discussant:
Minouche Shafik - Remarks
Deputy Governor
Markets and Banking
Bank of England

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Negative Nominal Interest Rates

Author:
Marvin Goodfriend | Paper
Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
Marianne Nessén - Remarks
Head of Monetary Policy Department
Sveriges Riksbank

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Evaluating Alternative Monetary Frameworks

Author:
Ulrich Bindseil | Paper
Head of Directorate General Market Operations
European Central Bank

Discussants:
Jean-Pierre Danthine | Remarks
President
Paris School of Economics 

Simon Potter - Remarks
Executive Vice President, Markets Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Luncheon Address

Christopher A. Sims | Paper
Professor
Princeton University

Adjournment

Day 3:

Central Bank Balance Sheets and Financial Stability

Chair:
Kristin Forbes
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors:
Jeremy C. Stein | Paper
Professor
Harvard University 

Robin Greenwood | Paper
Professor
Harvard University

Samuel G. Hanson | Paper
Assistant Professor
Harvard University

Discussant:
Randall S. Kroszner | Remarks
Professor
University of Chicago

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

The Structure of Central Bank Balance Sheets

Author:
Ricardo Reis | Paper
Professor
Columbia University 

Discussant

Laura L. Veldkamp | Paper
Professor
New York University

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Overview Panel

Panelists:
Agustín Carstens | Remarks
Governor
Bank of Mexico

Benoít Coeuré | Remarks
Member of the Executive Board
European Central Bank

Haruhiko Kuroda | Handout
Governor
Bank of Japan

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Adjournment

Roster of Attendees