The quest for nominal stability: Lessons from three decades with inflation targeting 23–24 May 2024

Conference program

The conference will feature six panels focusing on a specific topic based on a research paper. Main speakers in each panel are

Franklin Allen, Imperial College London
Olivier J. Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mervyn King, London School of Economics
Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University
Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics
Michael Woodford, Columbia University

The conference is open for invited speakers and guests only but will be live streamed via Riksbank website, see link below.

Organising committee

Martin Flodén, Sveriges Riksbank
Stefan Laséen, Sveriges Riksbank
Jesper Lindé, IMF
Marianne Nessén, Sveriges Riksbank
Torsten Persson, IIES, Stockholm University
Ulf Söderström, Sveriges Riksbank

Programme

Thursday 23 May   

09:30      Panel 1: Designing institutional arrangements to foster nominal stability

• Main speaker: Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University (with Torsten Persson, IIES, Stockholm University)
• Commentators: Carl E. Walsh, University of California Santa Cruz
  and Donald Kohn, Brookings Institution
• Moderator: Jon Faust

11:00      Break

11:30      Panel 2: Flexible inflation targeting

• Main speaker: Michael Woodford, Columbia University (with Gauti B. Eggertsson, Brown University)
• Commentators: Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School
  and Christopher J. Erceg, IMF
• Moderator: Charles Bean, London School of Economics

13:00      Lunch

14:30      Panel 3: Inflation targeting and financial stability

• Main speaker: Franklin Allen, Imperial College London
• Commentators: Frank Smets, ECB
  and Ida Wolden-Bache, Norges Bank
• Moderator: Anders Vredin, Sveriges Riksbank

16:00      Break

16:30      Panel 4: Inflation targeting and exchange rates

• Main speaker: Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics
• Commentators: Maurice Obstfeld, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Andréa Maechler, BIS
• Moderator: Karolina Ekholm, Swedish National Debt Office

18:00      Adjourn

Friday 24 May                       

09:30      Panel 5: Monetary and fiscal policy

• Main speaker: Olivier J. Blanchard, Peterson Institute for International Economics
• Commentators: Tommaso Monacelli, Bocconi University
  and Signe Krogstrup, Danmarks Nationalbank
• Moderator: Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics

11:00      Break

11:30      Panel 6: Inflation targeting in practice

• Main speaker: Mervyn King, London School of Economics
• Commentators: Charles L. Evans, formerly Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Carolyn Wilkins, Princeton University
• Moderator: Anna Breman, Sveriges Riksbank

13:00      Lunch

14:30      Adjourn

For more information contact: InflationTargetingConference2024@riksbank.se