Overview

The central bank balance sheet as a tool of monetary policy: effectiveness, side effects and exit strategies.

The conference brings together the central bank watching community in the UK – across academia, think tanks, the media, the official sector and financial institutions – in one place to discuss all aspects of the debate on monetary and financial policy, from questions of economics and strategy to the design of policy institutions themselves.

Agenda

8.30 – 9.15

Registration and breakfast

09.15 – 09.25

Welcome:
Stephanie Flanders, Head of Economics, Bloomberg and
Paul Mizen, Chairman, MMF and Professor, University of Nottingham

09.25 – 10.45

The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy options
Speaker: Jim Bullard, President, FRB St Louis and FOMC member
Chair: Elga Bartsch, Head of Macro Research, BlackRock

10.45 – 11.15

Morning Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.30

Swedish monetary policy experiences after the global financial crisis:
What lessons are there for other countries?
Speaker: Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
Chair: Charlotta Groth, Global Macroeconomist, Zurich Insurance

12.30 – 13.30

Networking Lunch

13.30 – 14.45

The low interest rate environment and the implications for monetary policy
Speaker: Jan Vlieghe, MPC member, Bank of England
Chair: Tony Yates, Consultant and former Professor of Economics

14.45 – 15.45

E-Book Launch: Open Letters to the Incoming Governor of the Bank of England
Introduction: Jagjit Chadha, Director, NIESR
Chair: Dame Kate Barker, former MPC member, Bank of England

15.45 – 16:15

Afternoon Coffee Break

16.15 – 17.30

Whither Inflation Targeting?
Speaker: Federick Mishkin, Columbia University and former Governor, Federal Reserve
Chair: Stephanie Flanders, Head of Economics, Bloomberg

17.30 – 17.40

Summary and Reflections
Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg

17:40 – 18:30

Networking Drinks Reception

The Money Macro and Finance Research Group (MMF) would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in helping us to fund this conference

Please note that contact details will be shared between Bloomberg and the MMF

When & Where

15th October 2019
08.30-17.30

Bloomberg LP
3 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4N 4TQ

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