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Event Economics Monetary Policy

SOMC: Fed Governance, Accountability, and Transparency

30
Wednesday September 2020

Speakers

Paul Tucker Senior Scholar at Harvard University, Former Deputy Governor, Bank of England, and author of Unelected Power
Kathryn Judge Professor of Law, Columbia Law School and Editor, Journal of Financial Regulation

AGENDA:

Welcoming Remarks: Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute

PANEL I: ISSUES IN FED GOVERNANCE: BROADER PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Greg Hess, President, IES Abroad
Kathryn Judge, Columbia University School of Law: “Why the Fed Needs a Credit Policy Framework”
Athanasios Orphanides, MIT: "Interpreting the Federal Reserve's Mandate: A Legitimacy Challenge”
Andy Levin, Dartmouth College: “Strengthening the Role of the Regional Federal Reserve Banks in the Fed’s Policymaking Decisions”

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL TUCKER,
Senior Scholar at Harvard University, Former Deputy Governor, Bank of England, and author of Unelected Power

Moderators: Debbie Lucas, MIT
Charles Plosser, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

PANEL II: THE ROLE AND SCOPE OF MONETARY POLICY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
Moderator: Charles Plosser
Panelists: Mike Bordo, Rutgers University and Hoover Institution: “The Economic Effects of the Fed’s New Corporate Bond Purchase Program”
Peter Ireland, Boston College: “End Interest on Bank Reserves”
Mickey Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets LLC: “Issues Posed by the Fed’s New Strategic Framework”

Concluding Remarks