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# 33rd Annual Monetary Conference

## RETHINKING MONETARY POLICY

**Thursday, November 12, 2015** 
9:00AM — 6:15PM

Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

**[About the Conference](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference) | [Conference Schedule](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference/schedule) | [Registration](https://secure.cato.org/events/monconf-2015.html)**

CATO’S 33RD ANNUAL MONETARY CONFERENCE —will bring together leading policymakers and scholars to rethinkmonetary policy after more than six years of unconventionalcentral bank policy following the 2008 global financial crisis. Topics include:

- **What Monetary Policy Can and Can’t Do**
- **Inflation, Deflation, and Monetary Rules**
- **Monetary Policy and the Knowledge Problem**
- **The Fed’s Exit Strategy vs. Fundamental Reform**

Since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been a convergence of monetary policies by major central banks aimed at keeping benchmark interest rates near zero and supporting asset prices in the hope of stimulating economic growth. Yet global growth is still sluggish and the risk of asset bubbles is mounting. The distinguished speakers at this conference will consider the risks of unconventional monetary policy, the steps that need to be taken to normalize policy, and the fundamental question of rules versus discretion in the conduct of monetary policy. 

Please join our distinguished speakers on **Thursday, November 12**, to discuss these and related issues.

# Featured Speakers

[![James Bullard](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/bullard-2015.jpg?itok=1jnsrrvg)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/bullard-2015.jpg) 

**James Bullard** 
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [![Claudio Borio](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/borio-2015.jpg?itok=_mOKTCo7)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/borio-2015.jpg) 

**Claudio Borio** 
Head, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements [![Rep. Bill Huizenga](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/huizenga-2015.jpg?itok=P7PbuG1x)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/huizenga-2015.jpg) 

**Rep. Bill Huizenga** 
Chairman, House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade [![George S. Tavlas](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/tavlas-2015.jpg?itok=WeGhgrZj)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/tavlas-2015.jpg) 

**George S. Tavlas** 
Member, Monetary Policy Council, Bank of Greece [![Charles I. Plosser](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/plosser-2015.jpg?itok=hjCDqkF6)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/plosser-2015.jpg) 

**Charles I. Plosser** 
Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [![John B. Taylor](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/taylor-2015-1.jpg?itok=E6WUAihD)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/taylor-2015-1.jpg) 

**John B. Taylor** 
Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University 
[![Manuel Sánchez](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/sanchez-2015.jpg?itok=BkC2ipDf)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/sanchez-2015.jpg) 

**Manuel Sánchez** 
Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico 
[![Jeffrey M. Lacker](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/images/monconf/lacker-2015.jpg?itok=wx54zEDV)](/sites/cato.org/files/images/monconf/lacker-2015.jpg) 

**Jeffrey M. Lacker** 
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

**[About the Conference](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference) | [Conference Schedule](/events/33rd-annual-monetary-conference/schedule) | [Registration](https://secure.cato.org/events/monconf-2015.html)**