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 In Late August.

Agenda

Day 1:

Opening Reception and Dinner

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

Foreword

Contributors

Summary

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 - Paper
Professor
Boston University

Egon Zakrajsek - Paper
Associate Director, Monetary Affairs
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Discussant:
Pete Klenow - Remarks
Professor
Stanford University

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

International Aspects of Inflation Dynamics

Gita Gopinath - Paper
Professor
Harvard University

Discussant

Charles Engel - Remarks
Professor
University of Wisconsin

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Central Bank Perspectives on Inflation Dynamics

Panelists:
Thomas J. Jordan - Remarks
Chairman of the Governing Board
Swiss National Bank

Athanasios Orphanides - Remarks
Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rodrigo Vergara - Remarks
Governor
Central Bank of Chile

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Luncheon Address

  • pdf presentation

Speaker:
David Daokui Li - Remarks
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 - Paper
Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Eric M. Leeper - Paper
Professor
Indiana University

Discussant:
Takatoshi Ito - Remarks
Professor
Columbia University

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Inflation Dynamics During and After The Zero Lower Bound

Authors:
S. Borağan Aruoba - Paper
Associate Professor
University of Maryland

Frank Schorfheide - Paper
Professor
University of Pennsylvania

Discussant

Lucrezia Reichlin - Remarks
Professor
London Business School

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Overview Panel: Global Inflation Dynamics

Panelists:
Mark Carney - Remarks
Governor
Bank of England

Vítor Constâncio - Remarks
Vice President
European Central Bank

Stanley Fischer - Remarks
Vice Chairman
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Raghuram Rajan - Remarks
Governor
Reserve Bank of India

General Discussion

  • pdf presentation

Adjournment

Roster of Attendees