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Deutsche Bundesbank und IWF: Germany – Current Economic Policy Debates
Donnerstag, 18.01.2018 -9:00 - 16:30
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The joint conference of the International Monetary Fund and the Deutsche Bundesbank will bring together high-ranking economists and policymakers from Germany and abroad to discuss areas in which the economic policy debate has been particularly intense in recent years. These include developments in wages and inflation, the appropriate fiscal policy stance, Germany’s current account surplus and the post-crisis agenda for the euro area and Germany.
Keynote address 09.00 – 09.15 |
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Session 1: Wages and inflation in Germany 09.15 – 10.30 |
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Chair: Poul Thomsen, International Monetary Fund |
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Peter Bofinger, Council of Economic Advisers |
Michael Hüther, Cologne Institute for Economic Research |
Stephan Kohns, Deutsche Bundesbank |
Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School |
Session 2: Fiscal policy: a medium-term view 11.00 – 12.15 |
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Chair: Rolf Strauch, European Stability Mechanism |
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Servaas Deroose, European Commission |
Lars Feld, Council of Economic Advisers |
Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies |
Ludger Schuknecht, Federal Ministry of Finance |
Session 3: Germany’s current account surplus: a problem to be fixed? 13.45 – 15.00 |
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Chair: Claudia Buch, Deutsche Bundesbank |
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Clemens Fuest, ifo Institute |
Maurice Obstfeld, International Monetary Fund |
Jens Südekum, Heinrich Heine University |
Guntram Wolff, Bruegel |
Concluding panel: A post-crisis agenda for the euro area and Germany: which way forward? 15.30 – 16.30 |
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Chair: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund |
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Benoît Coeuré, European Central Bank |
Marcel Fratzscher, German Institute for Economic Research |
Mario Monti, Bocconi University |
Christoph Schmidt, Council of Economic Advisers |