2021 BOJ-IMES Conference
Adapting to the New Normal: Perspectives and Policy Challenges after the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 24 - 25, 2021
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan
Summary (English [109KB PDF] /
Japanese[432KB PDF])
- Program -
Monday, May 24, 2021
| Chairperson: | Kazuo Ueda, Kyoritsu Women's University and University of Tokyo | ||
| 20:00 | Opening Remarks
(Video / English[48KB PDF] / Japanese[220KB PDF]) |
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| Speaker: | Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan | ||
| 20:15 | Mayekawa Lecture: Fiscal Policy under Low Rates: Taking Stock
(Video / English[246KB PDF] ) |
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| Lecturer: | Olivier J. Blanchard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| 21:05 | Break | ||
| 21:10 | Session 1: A Goldilocks Theory of Fiscal Policy
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| Presenter: | Atif R. Mian, Princeton University | ||
| 21:50 | Session 2: Debt as Safe Asset: Mining the Bubble - FTPL with a Bubble & MMT | ||
| Presenter: | Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University | ||
| 22:30 | End of First Conference Day | ||
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
| Chairperson: | Masaaki Kaizuka, Bank of Japan | ||
| 19:30 | Keynote Speech: The Power of Central Bank Balance Sheets
(Video / English [883KB PDF]) |
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| Speaker: | Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| 20:00 | Session 3: The Nature of Work After the COVID Crisis: Too Few Low-Wage Jobs
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| Presenter: | David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| 20:40 | Policy Panel Discussion | ||
| Moderator: | Kazuo Ueda, Kyoritsu Women's University and University of Tokyo | ||
| Panelists: | Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund
Charles L. Evans, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Tiff Macklem, Bank of Canada Philip R. Lane, European Central Bank Stefan Ingves, Sveriges Riksbank Masazumi Wakatabe, Bank of Japan |
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| 22:30 | Concluding Remarks | ||
| Speaker: | Carl E. Walsh, University of California, Santa Cruz | ||
| 22:40 | Conference End | ||