Conference jointly sponsored by the Bank of Canada, the Swiss National Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Agenda
| Thursday, November 15 | |
| Continental breakfast | |
| 9:00 | Welcome remarks David Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 9:10 | Session 1: Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions in Low Interest Rate Environments
Fiscal Multipliers under an Interest Rate Peg of Deterministic vs. Stochastic Duration" "Fiscal Multipliers in Low Interest Rate Environments" |
| 10:40 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Session 2: Financial Stability and Fiscal Policy in Europe: The Examples of Spain and Switzerland (Presentations and Roundtable Discussion) Jorge Sicilia, BBVA Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University Daniel Heller, Swiss National Bank [Presentation]  |
| Lunch | |
| 1:45 | Session 3: Current Issues in Financial Stability and Monetary Policy
"The Liquidity Coverage Ratio and Monetary Policy Implementation" "Repos, Fire Sales, and Bankruptcy Policy" |
| 3:15 | Coffee break |
| 3:30 | Session 4: Interactions Between Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy, and Financial Policy (Presentations and Roundtable Discussion)
Participants: James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Allan Crawford, Adviser to the Governor, Bank of Canada; and Thomas Moser, Member, Enlarged Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank |
| 6:30 | Reception, New Orleans Branch building |
| 7:00 | Dinner |
| 8:00 | Presentation and general discussion Dennis Lockhart, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
