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SOMC: Restoring Price Stability: Keep at It

11
Friday November 2022

Speakers

John Taylor Professor of Economics Stanford University and Senior Fellow Hoover Institution
Donald Kohn Brookings Institution and former Vice Chair at the Federal Reserve

AGENDA:
WELCOME REMARKS
Gregory D. Hess, IES Abroad

PANEL I: INFLATION, DISINFLATION, AND THE FED’S CHALLENGE
Moderator: Deborah Lucas, MIT
Mickey D. Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets: “Inflation and the Fed’s Challenge”
Jeffrey Lacker, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and
Charles Plosser, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: “To maintain Resolve the Fed Should Reference Successful Policy Rules”

OPEN DISCUSSION:
THE COST OF KEEPING AT IT: WHAT (IF ANYTHING) SHOULD GIVE THE FED PAUSE?

PANEL II: HOW SHOULD THE FED ADDRESS ITS CURRENT CHALLENGE AND RISKS?
Moderator: Athanasios Orphanides, MIT
John Taylor, Professor of Economics, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Donald Kohn, Brookings Institution and former Vice Chair at the Federal Reserve

LUNCHEON ADDRESS: HISTORY OF CENTRAL BANKS
Introducer: Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University and Senior Visiting Scholar the Hoover Institution