2018 BOJ-IMES Conference
Central Banking in a Changing World
May 30 - 31, 2018
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
Summary (English [90KB PDF] / Japanese[411KB PDF])
- Program -
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
| 9:00 | Opening Session | |
| Speaker: | Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan (Video/ English[37KB PDF] / Japanese[201KB PDF] ) |
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| 9:20 | Mayekawa Lecture (Video/ English[251KB PDF] / Japanese[570KB PDF]) | |
| Chairperson: | Masazumi Wakatabe, Bank of Japan |
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| Lecturer: | Raghuram G. Rajan, University of Chicago |
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| 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Session 1: Global Real Rates: A Secular Approach | |
| Chairperson: | Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr., Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
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| Paper Presenter: | Hélène Rey, London Business School |
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| Discussant: | Marianne Nessén, Sveriges Riksbank |
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| 12:05 | Lunch | |
| 13:35 | Keynote Speech(English [457KB PDF]/ Japanese [765KB PDF]) |
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| Chairperson: | Shigenori Shiratsuka, Bank of Japan |
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| Speaker: | Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| 14:25 | Session 2: Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy | |
| Chairperson: | John McDermott, Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Paper Presenter: | Andrew T. Levin, Dartmouth College |
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| Discussant: | Hiroshi Fujiki, Chuo University |
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| 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 | Session 3: Optimal Trend Inflation(English<DPS> [675KB PDF]) |
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| Chairperson: | Andréa M. Maechler, Swiss National Bank |
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| Paper Presenter: | Klaus Adam, University of Mannheim |
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| Discussant: | Jan Marc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| 17:05 | ||
| 17:30 | Buffet Dinner | |
Thursday, May 31, 2018
| 9:00 | Session 4: Missing Wage Inflation? Estimating the Natural Rate of Unemployment in a Nonlinear DSGE Model (English<DPS> [2,675KB PDF]) | |
| Chairperson: | Oldřich Dědek, Czech National Bank |
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| Paper Presenter: | Ichiro Muto, Bank of Japan |
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| Discussant: | Óscar Arce, Banco de España |
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| 10:05 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 | Policy Panel Discussion | |
| Moderator: | Kazuo Ueda, Kyoritsu Women's University and University of Tokyo |
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| Panelists: | James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis David Ramsden, Bank of England |
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| 12:10 | Adjournment | |
| Lunch (optional) | ||