Materials for the symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, are available below. To learn more about the symposium's history read PDFIn Late August.
Agenda
Day 1:
Opening Reception and Dinner
Host:
Esther George
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Day 2:
Inflation Dynamics Through Firms’ Pricing Behavior
Chair:
James Poterba
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
President
National Bureau of Economic Research
Authors:
Simon Gilchrist - PDFPaper
Professor
Boston University
Egon Zakrajsek - PDFPaper
Associate Director, Monetary Affairs
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Discussant:
Pete Klenow - PDFRemarks
Professor
Stanford University
International Aspects of Inflation Dynamics
Gita Gopinath - PDFPaper
Professor
Harvard University
Discussant
Charles Engel - PDFRemarks
Professor
University of Wisconsin
Central Bank Perspectives on Inflation Dynamics
Panelists:
Thomas J. Jordan - PDFRemarks
Chairman of the Governing Board
Swiss National Bank
Athanasios Orphanides - PDFRemarks
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rodrigo Vergara - PDFRemarks
Governor
Central Bank of Chile
Speaker:
David Daokui Li - PDFRemarks
Professor
Tsinghua University
Adjournment
Day 3:
Reinflation Challenges and the Inflation: Targeting Paradigm
Chair:
Erica L. Groshen
Commissioner
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Authors:
Jon Faust - PDFPaper
Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Eric M. Leeper - PDFPaper
Professor
Indiana University
Discussant:
Takatoshi Ito - PDFRemarks
Professor
Columbia University
Discussant
Lucrezia Reichlin - PDFRemarks
Professor
London Business School
Overview Panel: Global Inflation Dynamics
Panelists:
Mark Carney - PDFRemarks
Governor
Bank of England
Vítor Constâncio - PDFRemarks
Vice President
European Central Bank
Stanley Fischer - PDFRemarks
Vice Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Raghuram Rajan - PDFRemarks
Governor
Reserve Bank of India