The ECB and Its Watchers XXVI

Registration

Welcome
Volker Wieland, Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability

President’s Address
Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank

Debate 1: Monetary Policy Amidst Trade Shock, Rising Debt and Diverse Drivers of Inflation

Chair:
Michael Krause, University of Cologne

Speakers:
Philip Lane, European Central Bank
James Bullard, Purdue University
Frank Smets, Bank for International Settlements

Lead Questions:
Katharine Neiss, PGIM
Sarah Schmidtke, Bankenverband Mitte
Julian Callow, Rokos Capital

Lunch

Debate 2: The Global Environment for Central Banking: Economic Spillovers, Geopolitics and Diverging Economic Trends

Chair:
Michael Binder, Goethe University Frankfurt

Speakers:
Olli Rehn, Bank of Finland
Tao Wang, UBS
Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin

Lead Questions:
Thomas Möllers, Stiftung Geld und Währung
Andreas Billmeier, Brevan Howard
Jens Eisenschmidt, Morgan Stanley
Stefan Kipar, Union Investment

Break

Debate 3: European Integration and Growth Strategy: Product, Labor & Financial Markets and New Technologies

Speakers:
Martin Kocher, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Veronika Grimm, University of Technology Nuremberg and German Council of Economic Experts
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics

Lead Questions:
Christian Keller, Barclays
Jari Stehn, Goldman Sachs
Sylvain Broyer, S&P Global
Marco Stringa, Element Capital

Closing Remarks