CFSresearch conference

04.09.2009

The ECB and Its Watchers XI

Organization

Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt and CFS)

Publication

The ECB and Its Watchers XI: Conference Program and Interviews

Program

September 4, 2009

08:15 a.m. -
08:45 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
08:45 a.m. -
08:50 a.m.
Welcome

Volker Wieland (Center for Financial Studies)
Video of the welcome speech
08:50 a.m. -
09:30 a.m.
President's Address: The ECB's Exit Strategy

Jean-Claude Trichet (European Central Bank)
Video of the speech
  Morning Session
Chair: Volker Wieland (Center for Financial Studies)
09:30 a.m. -
11:00 a.m.
1st Debate: Monetary Policy in the Financial Crisis: How to deal with the threats of deflationary spiral or re-bounding inflation?

Jürgen Stark (European Central Bank)
Video of the speech

Vincent Reinhart (American Enterprise Institute)
Video of the speech

Erik Nielsen (Goldman Sachs)
Video of the speech
11:00 a.m. -
11:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. -
01:00 p.m.
2nd Debate: Macro-prudential supervision: Does the ECB have the appropriate instruments? Is there a trade-off between monetary and financial stability?

Lucas Papademos (European Central Bank)
Video of the speech

Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton University)
Video of the speech

Michael Dooley (University of California)
Video of the speech
01:00 p.m. -
02:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
  Afternoon Session
Chair: Michael Binder (Center for Financial Studies)
02:15 p.m. -
03:45 p.m.
3rd Debate: Government bail-outs in the euro area: Much-needed rescue from fiscal collapse or deadly threat to long-run stability of EMU?

José Manuel González-Páramo (European Central Bank)
Video of the speech

Paul De Grauwe (Universiteit Leuven)
Video of the speech

Michael Burda (Humboldt University Berlin)
Video of the speech
03:45 p.m. -
04:15 p.m.
Coffee Break
04:15 p.m. -
05:00 p.m.
Some lessons from the financial market crisis

Otmar Issing (Center for Financial Studies)
Video of the speech
05:00 p.m. -
05:05 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Video of the closing remarks
   

Press Review

 

Overview of Media Coverage

 

Presentations for Download

 

Opening Address: Volker Wieland

 

President's Address: Jean-Claude Trichet     [Speech]

 

Presentation Morning Session: (1st Debate) Jürgen Stark     [Speech]

 

Presentation Morning Session: (1st Debate) Vincent Reinhart

 

Presentation Morning Session: (1st Debate) Erik Nielsen

 

Presentation Morning Session: (2nd Debate) Lucas Papademos

 

Presentation Morning Session: (2nd Debate) Markus Brunnermeier

 

Presentation Morning Session: (2nd Debate) Michael Dooley

 

Presentation Afternoon Session: (3rd Debate) José Manuel González-Páramo

 

Presentation Afternoon Session: (3rd Debate) Paul De Grauwe

 

Presentation Afternoon Session: (3rd Debate) Michael Burda

 

Presentation Afternoon Session: Otmar Issing

 

Summary of the Conference

 

Summary "The ECB and Its Watchers XI"

 

Contact

Venue

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Adickesallee 1, 60322 Frankfurt am Main

 

Registration

Please note that attendance is by invitation only.

 

Contact

Beate Rohé-Morgan

Center for Financial Studies
Goethe-Universität
House of Finance
Grüneburgplatz 1, HPF H5
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Phone: Tel.: +49 (0)69 798 30050

Email: ecbwatcher(at)ifk-cfs.de