The ECB and Its Watchers XVI
March 11, 2015
Conference venue:
Goethe University Frankfurt
Campus Westend Casino Building, Festsaal
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Organization: Prof. Günter Beck
The 2015 edition of this conference formed the second day of this year's IMFS Conference on Monetary and Financial Stability. The first day of the conference consisted of a research meeting titled "Global Banking and Bank Resolution". For more information click <link en events imfs-conferences imfs-conference-on-monetary-and-financial-stability.html internal-link internal link in current>here.
Program
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8:30 – 8:55 | Registration and Coffee |
8:55 – 9:00 | Welcome |
9:00 – 9:30 | President’s Address |
9:30 – 10:45 | Debate: Low-interest-rate Policy and Non-standard Monetary Policy Measures: Effectiveness and Challenges. a) Will the non-standard monetary policy measures adopted be effective and contribute to a recovery of the real economy? Chair: Otmar Issing (Center for Financial Studies) Speakers: Peter Praet (Member of the Executive Board of the ECB) (speech) Lead questions: Kai Carstensen (University of Kiel) |
10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:15 – 12:30 | Debate: Monetary Policy within the New European Financial Regulatory Architecture. a. How has the ECB managed the challenges resulting from its double role as monetary policy maker and financial supervisor? Chair: Hans-Helmut Kotz (SAFE Policy Center; Harvard University) Speakers: Erkki Liikanen (Bank of Finland) Lead questions: Elga Bartsch (Morgan Stanley) |
12:30 – 2:00 | Lunch |
2:00 – 3:30 | Debate: International Challenges for Monetary Policy. a. How large are the international spillover effects (on advanced and emerging market economics) of unconventional monetary policy measures? Chair: Michael Binder (IMFS, Goethe University Frankfurt) Speakers: Ewald Nowotny (Österreichische Nationalbank) (PDF) Lead questions: Erik Nielsen (UniCredit Bank AG) |
3:30 – 3:40 | Closing Remarks |
Please note that attendance to "The ECB and Its Watchers" is by invitation only.