ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020
Central banks in a shifting world
Online event, 11 and 12 November 2020
Wednesday, 11 November
- 14:00
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Introductory speech
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
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Session 1: Implications of fundamental global changes for central banks
- 14:30
De-globalisation? Global value chains in the post-COVID-19 age
Pol Antràs, Professor, Harvard University
Discussant: Susan Lund, Partner, McKinsey Global Institute
Chair: Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
- 15:30
- Break
- 15:45
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Macro-financial implications of climate change and the carbon transition
Rick van der Ploeg, Professor, University of Oxford
Discussant: Signe Krogstrup, Governor, Danmarks Nationalbank
Chair: Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
- 16:45
- Break
- 17:00
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Panel: Inflation objective, structural forces, and central bank communication
- Jordi Galí, Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Annette Vissing-Jørgensen, Professor, University of California Berkeley
- Volker Wieland, Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- 18:00
- End of day 1
Thursday, 12 November
Session 2: Macroeconomic stabilisation frameworks in a new economic environment
- 14:00
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Monetary policy challenges from falling natural interest rates
Klaus Adam, Professor, University of Mannheim
Discussant: Argia Sbordone, Vice President and Function Head, Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Chair: Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- 15:00
- Break
- 15:15
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Fiscal rules, policy and macroeconomic stabilisation in the euro area
Evi Pappa, Professor, Unversidad Carlos III Madrid
Discussant: Vítor Gaspar, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Chair: Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- 16:15
- Break
- 16:30
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Panel: Monetary policy instruments and financial stability
- Markus Brunnermeier, Professor, Princeton University
- Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor, London Business School
- Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, Bank for International Settlements
Chair: Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- 17:30
- Break
- 17:45
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Policy panel
- Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
- Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
- Jerome H. Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Moderator: Roula Khalaf, Editor, Financial Times
- 18:45
Closing remarks and Young economists' award announcement
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