03.06.2005


CFSresearch conference

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Summary and Contact

The ECB and Its Watchers VII

Organization
Prof. Volker Wieland Ph.D. (University of Frankfurt and CFS, Frankfurt)

 
 
 
Program

03.06.2005
  PROGRAM
8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Coffee
8:45 a.m. Welcome
Volker Wieland
8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel I: ECB Watchers - Academic and Market Perspectives
Chair: Volker Wieland
Panel Speakers:
Jordi Galí (CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and CEPR)
Giancarlo Corsetti (European University Institute and CEPR)
Daniel Gros (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels)
Joachim Fels (Chief Global Fixed Income Economist, Morgan Stanley, London)
William Dickens (Brookings Institution, Washington, DC)


10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Panel I continued: ECB Watchers - Academic and Market Perspectives
Chair: Volker Wieland
Panel Speakers:
Laurence Meyer (Meyer's Monetary Policy Insights, Former Member of the Board of Governors, Washington)
Thomas Mayer (Chief European Economist, Deutsche Bank, London)
Ulrich Kater (Chief Economist, DekaBank, Frankfurt)

Presentations can be downloaded below.


11:45 a.m. Reply to Panel I and Discussion:
Otmar Issing (Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank)
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Reforms or Weakening? A New Strong Stability Pact for Fiscal Policy
Karl-Heinz Grasser (Federal Minister of Finance for Austria, Deputy-Chair of the Euro Group of Finance Ministers)
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel II: Monetary and Fiscal Policy - The Political Economy of the Stability and Growth Pact
Chair: Manfred Neumann (University of Bonn)
Panel Speakers:
Caio Koch-Weser (State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin)
Lucas Papademos (Vice-President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt)
Klaus Regling (Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission)
Willem H. Buiter (Chief Economist of the EBRD, London)
Michael Deppler (Director of the European Department, IMF, Washington)

Presentations can be downloaded below.


4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Panel III: Monetary Policy and Central Bank Communication
Chair: Lucrezia Reichlin (Director of Research, European Central Bank, Frankfurt)
Panel Speakers:
Marcel Fratzscher (Adviser, European Central Bank)
Richard Clarida (Chief Economist of the Clinton Group and Columbia University, New York)
Vincent Reinhart (Director of Monetary Affairs, Federal Reserve Board)
Lars Svensson (Princeton University)
David Walton (Chief European Economist of Goldman Sachs, London)

Presentations can be downloaded below.


6:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Otmar Issing
 
 
 
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List of Participants

Presentation Panel I: Jordi Galí (CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and CEPR)

Presentation Panel I: Giancarlo Corsetti (European University Institute and CEPR)

Presentation Panel I: Daniel Gros (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels)

Presentation Panel I: William Dickens (Brookings Institute, Washington, DC)

Presentation Panel I: Thomas Mayer (Chief European Economist, Deutsche Bank, London)

Presentation Panel I: Ulrich Kater (Chief Economist, DekaBank, Frankfurt)

Presentation Panel II: Klaus Regling (Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission)

Presentation Panel III: Marcel Fratzscher (Adviser, European Central Bank)

Presentation Panel III: Vincent Reinhart (Federal Reserve Board)

Presentation Panel III: Lars Svensson (Princeton University)

Presentation Panel III: David Walton (Chief European Economist of Goldman Sachs, London)

Comments Panel III: Vincent Reinhart (Federal Reserve Board)

 
 
 
Summary and Contact

Organization
Prof. Volker Wieland Ph.D. (University of Frankfurt and CFS, Frankfurt)

Date
03.06.2005

Venue
Auditorium of Commerzbank AG
Große Gallusstrasse 19, Frankfurt am Main

Registration
Please note that attendance is by invitation only.

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Contact

Beate Rohé-Morgan
Center for Financial Studies
Taunusanlage 6, 60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 69 798 25290
Fax: +49 (0) 69 798 25272
Email: ecbwatcher@ifk-cfs.de

 
 

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