Presents…
the SHADOW OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE (SOMC) Meeting:
“Unwinding The Fed’s Balance Sheet”
September 15, 2017 | New York City
INTRODUCTION:
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Manhattan Institute
PANEL I: THE FED’S BALANCE SHEET
Moderator: Gregory Hess, Wabash College
Deborah Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Fiscal Consequences of the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet
Peter Ireland, Boston College: A Monetarist View of Policy Normalization
Mickey Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets: The Fed and the Shortfall of Inflation
PANEL II: THE FED, FINANCIAL REGULATION, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY
Moderator: Athanasios Orphanides, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University: Prospects for Financial Regulatory Reform
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University: Financial Stability and Monetary Policy
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mervyn King, The Lord King of Lothbury KG GBE, Former Governor, Bank of England