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October 24, 2001
Four Seasons Hotel
Mexico City, Mexico

• Featured Speakers •

Franciso Gil Díaz
Minister of Finance,
Mexico
Robert McTeer Jr.
President,
Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas

Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in
Economics and
Professor of Economics,
Columbia University
Guillermo Ortiz
Governor,
Banco de México

About the Conference • Program • El Cato

The future prosperity of the Americas depends on stable money, free markets, and the rule of law. Cato’s 19th Annual Monetary Conference—cosponsored with The Economist, UBS, and TV Azteca—will examine the state of money and markets in the Americas and the institutional reforms that are still needed to ensure freedom, stability, and growth.

The failure of pegged exchange rates, as witnessed by the numerous currency crises of the 1990s, has led to the recognition that, in a world of mobile capital, a clear choice must be made between fixed and floating exchange rates. That choice has important political and economic consequences. Should Mexico dollarize and rely on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy? Or can the Mexican central bank provide the discipline needed to maintain domestic price stability and let the peso float?

The distinguished speakers will consider those questions and related issues bearing on the choice of alternative monetary and exchange rate regimes, the future of money, the structural changes necessary to promote financial integration and sound banking practices, and the role of the IMF. Register today to ensure the opportunity to discuss the future of the Americas with leading policy experts.

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