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.

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8:30 — 9:00AM	REGISTRATION
9:00 — 9:05AM	WELCOMING REMARKS James A. Dorn Vice President for Monetary Studies, Cato Institute
9:05 — 9:45AM	Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event James Bullard President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9:45 — 11:00AM	PANEL 1: WHAT MONETARY POLICY CAN AND CAN’T DO Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event Moderator: Jon Hilsenrath Chief Economics Correspondent, Wall Street Journal Jeffrey M. Lacker President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond George S. Tavlas Member, Monetary Policy Council, Bank of Greece Manuel Sánchez Deputy Governor, Bank of Mexico
11:00 — 11:30AM	BREAK
11:30AM — 12:45PM	PANEL 2: INFLATION, DEFLATION, AND MONETARY RULES Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event Moderator: Jeffrey A. Miron Senior Lecturer, Harvard University, and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Charles I. Plosser Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia John B. Taylor Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University George A. Selgin Director, Cato Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives Scott B. Sumner Director, Program on Monetary Policy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
12:45 — 1:30PM	LUNCHEON
1:30 — 2:15PM	LUNCHEON ADDRESS Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event Claudio Borio Head, Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements
2:15 — 3:15PM	PANEL 3: MONETARY POLICY AND THE KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event Moderator: George Melloan Former Deputy Editor, Wall Street Journal Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr. Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Alex J. Pollock Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute David Malpass President, Encima Global LLC
3:15 — 3:45PM	BREAK
3:45 — 4:45PM	PANEL 4: THE FED’S EXIT STRATEGY VS. FUNDAMENTAL REFORM Download the Video of the Event Download the Podcast of the Event Moderator: Craig Torres Reporter, Bloomberg Jerry L. Jordan Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Lawrence H. White Professor of Economics, George Mason University Kevin Dowd Professor of Finance and Economics, Durham University
4:45 — 5:15PM	CLOSING ADDRESS Rep. Bill Huizenga Chairman, House Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Watch the Event in QuickTime Download a Podcast of the Event
5:15 — 6:15PM	RECEPTION

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