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Cato Institute 28th Annual Monetary Conference

Asset Bubbles and Monetary Policy


Thursday, November 18, 2010
F.A. Hayek Auditorium
Cato Institute
9:00 a.m. — 6:15 p.m.

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Cato's 28th Annual Monetary Conference — Asset Bubbles and Monetary Policy — will address a key issue underlying the 2008 financial crisis: Did the Federal Reserve contribute to the crisis by keeping interest rates too low for too long? Would a more restrictive monetary policy have prevented the asset price bubble in housing? Leading experts will consider the role of monetary policy in preventing financial instability and the function of asset prices in guiding policy.

Issues to be discussed at this year's monetary conference include:

  • Can/should the Fed prevent asset bubbles?
  • What are the limits of monetary policy and financial regulation?
  • What have we learned from the housing/credit bubble?
  • How would alternative monetary regimes — including a gold standard — deal with asset bubbles?

Please join our distinguished speakers on Thursday, November 18 at the Cato Institute to discuss these and related issues in the search for sound money.

Register by October 18 to ensure your place at this important event and to take advantage of the early registration fee.

Featured Speakers

Charles Plosser Carmen M. Reinhart Jerry L. Jordan George S. Tavlas John B. Taylor Manuel Sánchez
Charles Plosser
President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 		Carmen M. Reinhart
Professor of Economics,
University of Maryland 		Jerry L. Jordan
Former President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 		George S. Tavlas
Director General,
Bank of Greece 		John B. Taylor
Professor of Economics,
Stanford University 		Manuel Sánchez
Deputy Governor,
Bank of Mexico


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