IMF Monday-Tuesday Webcast

IMF:

Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis; March 7–8, 2011; HQ2, Conference Hall 1, IMF Headquarters 2; Washington, D.C.:

March 7, 2011

8:45–9:00am Opening remarks: Dominique Strauss-Kahn

9:00–10:30am SESSION I: Monetary Policy. Chair: Adam Posen. Discussants: Olivier Blanchard, Guillermo Ortiz, Otmar Issing, Joseph Stiglitz

11:00–12:30pm SESSION II: Fiscal Policy. Chair: Kemal Dervis. Discussants: Partho Shome, David Romer, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Robert Solow.

12:30–2:00pm Luncheon. Address by John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund.

2:00–3:30pm SESSION III: Financial Intermediation and Regulation. Chair: Antonio Borges. Discussants: Jacob A. Frenkel, Y. Venugopal Reddy, Hyun Song Shin, Adair Turner

4:00–5:30pm SESSION IV: Capital Account Management. Chair: Zanny Minton-Beddoes. Discussants: Ricardo Caballero, Arminio Fraga, Rakesh Mohan, José Antonio Ocampo.

March 8, 2011

9:00–10:30am SESSION V: Growth Strategies. Chair: George Akerlof. Discussants: Dani Rodrik, Paul Romer, Andrew Sheng, Michael Spence.

11:00–12:30pm SESSION VI: The International Monetary System. Chair: John Williamson. Discussants: Már Guðmundsson, Olivier Jeanne, Lael Brainard, Maurice Obstfeld.

12:30–12:45pm Closing Remarks: Olivier Blanchard