Sponsored by the Bank of Canada, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Swiss National Bank
All sessions will take place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Government-issued photo identification is required to enter the building. Presenters will have 45 minutes each, followed by a 15-minute presentation by the assigned discussant and a 10-minute general discussion. Plenary speakers have 60 minutes.
Agenda
| Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | |
| Registration and continental breakfast | |
| 8:25 | Welcome Dave Altig, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 8:30 | Session 1 Real Interest Rates, Inflation, and Default  Presenter: Illenin Kondo, University of Notre Dame Discussant: Gabriel Mihalache, Stony Brook University |
| 9:40 | Sources of Borrowing and Fiscal Multipliers Presenter: Romanos Priftis, Bank of Canada Discussant: Miguel Faria-e-Castro, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 10:50 | Break |
| 11:10 | Consumption in the Great Recession: The Financial Distress Channel Presenter: Juan Sánchez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Discussant: Andy Glover, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Lunch | |
| 1:30 | Session 2 Plenary Speech 1 "On the Welfare Losses from External Sovereign Borrowing"  Manuel Amador, University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:50 | Greed versus Fear: Optimal Time-Consistent Taxation with Default Presenter: Anastasios Karantounias, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discussant: Cesar Sosa-Padilla, University of Notre Dame |
| 4:00 | Personal Tax Changes and Household Credit: Evidence from 2017 Tax Reform Presenter: Joanne Hsu, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Discussant: Murat Tasci, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
| 5:30 | Reception (Monetary Museum) |
| 7:00 | Dinner (Bulla Gastrobar, across from the Atlanta Fed) |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 | Session 3 Plenary Speech 2 "Consumer Credit with Over-Optimistic Borrowers" Igor Livshits, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| 9:30 | Break |
| 9:50 | The Rise in Foreign Currency Bonds: The Role of Capital Controls Presenter: Rachel Cordonier, Swiss National Bank Discussant: John Kim, Emory University |
| 11:00 |
How Does Mortgage Rate Refinancing Affect Consumer Spending and Debt Repayment? Evidence from Canadian Consumers Presenter: Katya Kartashova, Bank of Canada Discussant: Kris Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| 12:10 p.m. | Boxed lunches and adjournment |