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SOMC: Policy Priorities For Turbulent Times
April 29, 2016
The SOMC will provide an assessment of global economic and financial interactions and make recommendations for the U.S. Federal Reserve and other leading central banks. The SOMC, under the auspices of the Manhattan Institute, is an independent group of economists that provides external perspectives on policy choices by the Federal Reserve and other leading central banks. The SOMC addresses a wide range of macroeconomic issues, including monetary policy, banking and financial regulations, and fiscal policy matters that bear on monetary-policy decisions.
AGENDA
| 9:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:30 AM | Welcome and Introduction Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 9:35 AM | GLOBAL INTERACTIONS—CHINA, EUROPE, AND THE WORLD Moderator: Michael Bordo, Rutgers University: Rules-Based Policies—Better than International Central Bank Coordination Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University: Communist Rule and China’s Macroeconomic Adjustment Problem Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Fed-ECB Policy Divergence |
| 10:45 AM | THE FED AND THE MARKETS Moderator: Gregory Hess, Wabash College Peter Ireland, Boston College: Why Has Nominal Income Growth Been So Slow? Mickey Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets: The Fed’s Unhealthy Relationship with Markets Bennett McCallum, Carnegie Mellon University: Comments |
| 11:45 AM | Reception/Lunch |
| 12:45 PM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Introduction: Mickey Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets Peter Fisher, Senior Fellow, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College and former Under Secretary, U.S. Treasury |
| 1:45 PM | Adjourn |
Papers - April 29, 2016 – New York, NY
What’s the matter with the Fed? by Peter R. Fisher, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Rules Based Policies: Better Than International Central Bank Coordination and Cooperation by Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Communist Party Rule and China’s Macroeconomics Adjustment Problem by Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University
There is a joke in academia and it goes like this by Gregory D. Hess, Wabash College
Why Has Nominal Income Growth Been So Slow? by Peter N. Ireland, Boston College
Rethinking Fed Policy amid Constraints on Aggregate Supply by Mickey D. Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets, LLC for the Americas and Asia
Reflections on Keynes and Hamilton by Bennett T. McCallum, Tepper School of Business
The Fed-ECB Policy Divergence by Athanasios Orphanides, MIT
