WHY PRICE STABILITY?
First ECB Central Banking Conference
2 and 3 November 2000, Frankfurt am Main
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Programme
Thursday, 2 November 2000Friday, 3 November 2000
Thursday, 2 November 2000
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4 p.m.Opening speech:
Willem F. Duisenberg
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany -
4.15 p.m.First session
DO WE KNOW HOW LOW INFLATION SHOULD BE?
Chairperson:
Lex Hoogduin
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Speaker:
Charles Wyplosz
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Genève, Switzerland
Discussants:
William T. Dickens
The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., USA
Lars E.O. Svensson
Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, Sweden -
6.15 p.m.End of first session
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6.30 p.m.Shuttle service to the museum "Städelsches Kunstinstitut"
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7 p.m.Reception
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7.30 p.m.Dinner
Keynote speech:
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Friday, 3 November 2000
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8.30 a.m.Second session
THE CASE FOR PRICE STABILITY
Chairperson:
Eugenio Domingo Solans
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Speakers:
Marvin Goodfriend
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Robert King
University of Virginia, Department of Economics, Virginia, USA
Discussants:
Jordi Galí
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Guido Tabellini
Bocconi University and Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research, Milan, Italy -
11 a.m.Third session
MONETARY POLICY ISSUES IN A LOW INFLATION ENVIRONMENT
Chairperson:
Sirkka Hämäläinen
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Speaker:
José Viñals
Servicios de Estudios, Banco de España, Madrid, Spain
Discussants:
Lars Heikensten
Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden
Jeffrey C. Fuhrer
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, USA
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2.30 p.m.Policy Panel
WHY PRICE STABILITY?
Chairperson:
Christian Noyer
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Introduction:
Otmar Issing
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Other speakers:
Laurence Ball
John Hopkins University, Department of Economics, Baltimore, USA
Paul de Grauwe
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Leuven, Belgium
Frederic Mishkin
Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, New York, USA
Lucas Papademos
Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
Jean-Claude Trichet
Banque de France, Paris, France -
5 p.m.End of Conference
Contacts
Organisation Office
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Conference location
Hotel Inter-Continental, Frankfurt am Main
Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 43
D-60329 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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Documents
Opening speech:
Willem F. Duisenberg, Welcome speech.
Conference proceedings:
Why price stability?
First ECB Central Banking Conference November 2000, Frankfurt, Germany, June 2001,
pdf 1700 kB, en (complete book).
Individual parts:
- Foreword and Introduction: pdf 79 kB, en.
- Charles Wyplosz, Do we know how low should inflation be?
Comments: William T. Dickens, Lars E.O. Svensson, General discussion. pdf 366 kB, en. - Marvin Goodfriend and Robert G. King, The case for price stability.
Comments: Jordi Galí, Guido Tabellini, General discussion. pdf 477 kB, en. - José Viñals, Monetary policy issues in a low inflation environment.
Comments: Lars Heikensten, Jeff Fuhrer, General discussion. pdf 465 kB, en. - Otmar Issing, Why price stability?
Comments: Laurence Ball, Paul De Grauwe, Frederic Mishkin, Lucas Papademos, Jean-Claude Trichet, General discussion. pdf 354 kB, en.
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