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Event Economics Monetary Policy

SOMC: Inflation, Employment, and the Federal Reserve

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Friday October 2021

Speakers

Loretta Mester President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Michael D. Bordo Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
Gregory D. Hess Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
Peter Ireland Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
Andrew Levin Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
Mickey D. Levy Member, Shadow Open Market Committee
Charles I. Plosser Member, Shadow Open Market Committee

AGENDA:

WELCOMING REMARKS:
Michael Bordo, Rutgers University

PANEL I: INFLATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND THE FED'S MANDATE
Moderator: Gregory Hess, IES Abroad
Peter Ireland, Boston College and Mickey Levy, Berenberg Capital Markets, “Substantial Progress," Temporary vs Permanent and the Appropriate Calibration of Monetary Policy

Discussion with SOMC members

Panel II: DISCUSSION WITH LORETTA MESTER, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Moderators: Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College
Charles Plosser, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Allison Schrager, Manhattan Institute