“America First” and Financial Stability: 26th Minsky Conference

Michael Stephens | February 16, 2017

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:

April 18–19, 2017

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504

The 2017 Minsky Conference will address the implications of the new administration’s “America First” policies, focusing on the outlook for trade, taxation, fiscal, and financial regulation measures to generate domestic investments capable of moving the growth rate beyond the “new normal” established in the aftermath of the Great Recession, without jeopardizing financial stability. It will also seek to assess the impact of different financing schemes on both infrastructure investment and the return of central bank monetary policies to more neutral interest rates. Since these new policy proposals will have a global impact, the conference will focus on their implication for the performance of European and Latin American economies.

Register here.

The preliminary program and list of participants is below the fold:

Tuesday, April 18

8:00−8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30−9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy Institute
9:00−10:00 a.m. SPEAKER: Esther L. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
10:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. Session 1. US GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
MODERATOR: TBD
SPEAKERS: Lakshman Achuthan, Cofounder and Chief Operations Officer, Economic Cycle Research Institute
Michael E. Feroli, Chief US Economist, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Michalis Nikiforos, Research Scholar, Levy Institute
12:30−2:00 p.m. Lunch
SPEAKER: Robert J. Barbera, Codirector, Center for Financial Economics, The Johns Hopkins University
2:00−4:45 p.m. Session 2. CENTRAL BANK AND MONETARY POLICY OUTLOOK
MODERATOR: TBD
SPEAKERS: Scott Fullwiler, Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City
Stephanie A. Kelton, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City
Edwin M. Truman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, Bard College
4:45−5:15 p.m. Reception

Wednesday, April 19

9:00−10:00 a.m. SPEAKER: Thomas M. Hoenig, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
10:30 a.m. − 12:00 p.m. Session 3. EUROPEAN MONETARY AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
MODERATOR: TBD
SPEAKERS: Peter Praet, Chief Economist and Executive Board Member, European Central Bank
Paolo Savona, formerly, President, Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi
12:00−2:00 p.m. Lunch
SPEAKER: Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
2:00−4:00 p.m. Session 4. LATIN AMERICAN POLICY AND THE NEW NATIONALISM
MODERATOR: TBD
SPEAKERS: Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Emeritus Professor of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Arturo Huerta González, Professor of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Arturo O’Connell, formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Central Bank of Argentina

Participants

Lakshman Achuthan, Cofounder and Chief Operations Officer, Economic Cycle Research Institute

Robert J. Barbera, Codirector, Center for Financial Economics, The Johns Hopkins University

Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Emeritus Professor of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Michael E. Feroli, Chief US Economist, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Scott Fullwiler, Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City

Esther L. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Patrick T. Harker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia*

Thomas M. Hoenig, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Peter Hooper, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities*

Arturo Huerta González, Professor of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Stephanie A. Kelton, Research Associate, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City

Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy Institute

Yves Mersch, Member, Executive Board and General Council, European Central Bank*

Michalis Nikiforos, Research Scholar, Levy Institute

Arturo O’Connell, formerly, Member of the Board of Governors, Central Bank of Argentina

Peter Praet, Chief Economist and Executive Board Member, European Central Bank

Eric S. Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Paolo Savona, formerly, President, Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi

Edwin M. Truman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

L. Randall Wray, Senior Scholar, Levy Institute; Professor of Economics, Bard College

* Invited

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