The ECB and Its Watchers XXIII

March 22, 2023

Hörsaalzentrum
Campus Westend
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (map)


Program

08:30 – 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 09:45

Welcome

Volker Wieland, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability

09:45 – 10:30

President's Address

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (Speech)

10:30 – 12:00

Debate 1: Monetary Policy: How to Get Inflation Back to Target?

Chair:

Volker Wieland, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability

Speakers:

Philip Lane, European Central Bank (Slides)
Monika Merz, University of Vienna (Slides)
Michael D. Bordo, Rutgers University (Slides)

Lead questions:

Jari Stehn, Goldman Sachs
Dirk Schumacher, Natixis
Sylvain Broyer, S&P Global
Ulrich Kater, DekaBank
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

Debate 2: Fiscal Effects of Inflation and Inflationary Effects of Fiscal Policy

Chair:

Michael Krause, University of Cologne

Speakers:

Pierre Wunsch, National Bank of Belgium
Luisa Lambertini, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Slides)
Thiess Büttner, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Slides)

Lead questions:

Silvia Ardagna, Barclays
Johanna Hietalahti, Municipal Guarantee Board
Gertjan Vlieghe, Element Capital

14:30 – 14:45

 Break

14:45 – 16:15

Debate 3: Global Shocks, Policy Spillovers and Geo-Strategic Risk: How to Coordinate Policies

Chair:

Daniel Gros, Bocconi University IEP

Speakers:

Fabio Panetta, European Central Bank (Speech)
Nouriel Roubini, New York University
Willem H. Buiter, Council on Foreign Relations (Slides)

Lead questions:

Ulrike Neyer, University of Düsseldorf
Beat Siegenthaler, Rokos Capital
Jörg Zeuner, Union Investment

16:15

Concluding Remarks