2022 BOJ-IMES Conference:
New Dimensions and Frontiers in Central Banking

May 25 - 27, 2022
Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan


Short Summary (English / Japanese)
Summary (English[138KB PDF] / Japanese[465KB PDF])

- Program -

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Chairperson:
Kazuo Ueda, Kyoritsu Women's University and University of Tokyo
20:00-20:20 Opening Remarks
(Video / English[48KB PDF] / Japanese[231KB PDF])
Speaker:
Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan
20:20-21:25
Mayekawa Lecture: Institutional Innovation and Central Bank Independence 2.0
(Video / English[118KB PDF])
Lecturer: Kenneth S. Rogoff, Harvard University
21:30-22:20
Keynote Speech: Inflation Surges and Monetary Policy
(Video / English[1,261KB PDF])
Speaker:
Carl E. Walsh, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Thursday, May 26, 2022
Chairperson:
Yutaka Soejima, Bank of Japan
19:30-20:30
1st Session: Inequality and the Zero Lower Bound
(Video)
Presenter: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Taisuke Nakata, University of Tokyo
20:35-21:35
2nd Session: Climate Change Mitigation: How Effective is Green Quantitative Easing?
(Video / English<DPS>[1,290KB PDF])
Presenter: Alexander Ludwig, Goethe University Frankfurt
Discussant: Toan V. Phan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
21:40-22:40
3rd Session: Digital Money as a Medium of Exchange and Monetary Policy in Open Economies
(Video / English<DPS>[486KB PDF])
Presenter: Daisuke Ikeda, Bank of Japan
Discussant: Linda S. Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Friday, May 27, 2022
Chairperson:
Masaaki Kaizuka, Bank of Japan
19:30-20:30
4th Session: Monetary Policy in the Age of Automation
(Video)
Presenter: Luca Fornaro, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Discussant: Ippei Fujiwara, Keio University and Australian National University
20:35-22:25 Policy Panel Discussion
Moderator: Masazumi Wakatabe, Bank of Japan
Panelists:

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, International Monetary Fund

James Bullard, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Philip R. Lane, European Central Bank

Benjamin E. Diokno, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

22:25-22:35 Concluding Remarks
Speaker: Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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