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. Watch the event.
Thursday, August 25, 2016 |
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6 p.m. |
Opening Reception and Dinner |
Host: | Esther L. George |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City | |
Foreword | |
Contributors | |
Summary | |
Friday, August 26, 2016 |
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Chair: | Peter Blair Henry |
Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business |
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New York University |
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8 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
Janet L. Yellen - Speech |
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Chair | |
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | |
8:30 a.m. |
Adapting to Changes in the Financial Market Landscape |
Authors: | Darrell Duffie - Paper |
Professor | |
Stanford University | |
Arvind Krishnamurthy - Paper |
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Professor | |
Stanford University |
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Discussant: | Minouche Shafik - Remarks |
Deputy Governor, Markets and Banking | |
Bank of England |
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9:05 a.m. |
General Discussion |
9:55 a.m. |
Negative Nominal Interest Rates |
Author: | Marvin Goodfriend - Paper |
Professor | |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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Discussant: | Marianne Nessén - Remarks |
Head of Monetary Policy Department |
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Sveriges Riksbank |
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10:30 a.m. |
General Discussion |
10:55 a.m. |
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 |
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Simon Potter - Remarks | |
Executive Vice President, Markets Group | |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York | |
11:45 a.m. |
General Discussion |
1 p.m. |
Luncheon Address |
Christopher A. Sims - Paper |
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Professor | |
Princeton University |
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2 p.m. |
Adjournment |
Saturday, August 27, 2016 |
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Chair: | Kristin Forbes |
Professor | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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8 a.m. |
Central Bank Balance Sheets and Financial Stability |
Authors: | Jeremy C. Stein - Paper |
Professor | |
Harvard University |
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Robin Greenwood - Paper |
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Professor | |
Harvard University | |
Samuel G. Hanson - Paper |
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Assistant Professor | |
Harvard University |
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Discussant: | Randall S. Kroszner - Remarks |
Professor | |
University of Chicago |
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8:35 a.m. |
General Discussion |
9 a.m. |
The Structure of Central Bank Balance Sheets |
Author: | Ricardo Reis - Paper |
Professor | |
Columbia University |
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9:45 a.m. |
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Discussant: | Laura L. Veldkamp - Paper |
Professor | |
New York University | |
10 a.m. |
General Discussion |
10:25 a.m. |
Overview Panel |
Panelists: | Agustín Carstens - Remarks |
Governor | |
Bank of Mexico | |
Benoít Coeuré - Remarks | |
Member of the Executive Board | |
European Central Bank | |
Haruhiko Kuroda - Handout |
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Governor | |
Bank of Japan | |
11:25 a.m.General Discussion |
General Discussion |
2 p.m. |
Adjournment |
Roster of attendees |