Materials for the symposium, during which participants discuss economic issues, implications and policy options, will be posted as they are available. All times listed below are in the Mountain Time Zone.

To learn about the symposium's history, read In Late August.

Agenda

Aug. 22, 2024

6:00 p.m.

Opening Reception and Dinner
Jeffrey Schmid
 | Host President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Aug. 23, 2024

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Friday Session

Karen Dynan
| Chair Professor, Harvard University
8:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Jerome Powell
| Keynote Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
8:30 a.m.

Insights from the 2020’s Inflation Surge

Gauti Eggertsson
| Author Professor, Brown University
Iván Werning
| Discussant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Guido Lorenzoni
| Discussant Professor, University of Chicago
9:05 a.m.

General Discussion

9:55 a.m.

Government Debt in Mature Markets

Hanno Lustig
| Author Professor, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Anna Cieslak
| Discussant Associate Professor, Duke University
10:30 a.m.

General Discussion

10:55 a.m.

Panel: Financial Markets and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Anil Kashyap
| Panelist Professor, University of Chicago
Patricia Mosser
| Panelist Director, MPA Program in Economic Policy Management, Columbia University
Eric Swanson
| Panelist Professor, University of California, Irvine
11:55 a.m.

General Discussion

1:00 p.m.

Luncheon Address

Andrew Bailey
| Speaker Governor, Bank of England

Aug. 24, 2024

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Saturday Session

Andréa Maechler
| Chair Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
8:00 a.m.

Changing Perceptions and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Carolin Pflueger
| Author Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Janice C. Eberly
| Discussant Professor, Northwestern University
8:35 a.m.

General Discussion

9:00 a.m.

The Transmission of Monetary Policy Through Bank Balance Sheets

Philipp Schnabl
| Author Professor, New York University
Kristin J. Forbes
| Discussant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:00 a.m.

General Discussion

10:25 a.m.

Panel: Reassessing the Effectiveness and Transmission of Monetary Policy

Ida Wolden Bache
| Panelist Governor, Norges Bank
Philip Lane
| Panelist Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Roberto Campos Neto
| Panelist Governor, Bank of Brazil
11:25 a.m.

General Discussion