SOMC Fall Symposium

Presents…

the SHADOW OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE (SOMC) symposium:
Addressing Global Imbalances
with keynote speaker Axel Weber,
President of Deutsche Bundesbank
and Member of the Governing Council of the ECB

Position papers addressing global monetary and fiscal policy and banking regulations will be presented by SOMC members Michael Bordo, Charles Calomiris, Gregory Hess, Marvin Goodfriend, Mickey Levy and Bennett McCallum. Audience participation will be encouraged.

Position Papers

Guidelines for Global Economic Policymaking
by Gregory Hess, Claremont McKenna College

Managing Monetary Policy at the Zero Interest Rate Bound
by Marvin Goodfriend, Carnegie Mellon University and National Bureau of Economic Research

Targets for Monetary Policy: Inflation, Exchange Rates, and Others
by Bennett McCallum, Carnegie Mellon University

A Three-Part Program for Housing Finance Reform
by Charles Calomiris, Columbia University

Appropriate Roles of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
by Mickey Levy, Bank of America

Does the Euro Need a Fiscal Union?
by Michael Bordo, Rutgers University

Beyond Basel and the Dodd-Frank Bill
by Charles Calomiris, Columbia University

Monetary policy after the crisis: A European perspective
Keynote remarks by Axel Weber, President, Deutsche Bundesbank



SOMC Falll 2010 Symposium Agenda