International Macroeconomic Policy Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects

2013 Bank of Canada Annual Conference.

John Kuszczak Memorial Lecture

Presentation: Barry Eichengreen

Monetary Policy and International Spillovers

Session chair: Don Coletti

International Spillovers of Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies

Presentation: Andrew Filardo, Qianying Chen, Dong He, Feng Zhu
Discussant: Alex Heath

The Effects of Unconventional and Conventional U.S. Monetary Policy on the Dollar

Presentation: Sylvain Leduc, Reuven Glick
Discussant: Kathryn Dominguez

Remarks

By Deputy Governor, John Murray

Macroeconomic Adjustment in a Monetary Union

Session chair: Michael Ehrmann

Can Structural Reforms Help Europe?

Presentation: Andrea Raffo, Gauti Eggertson, Andrea Ferrero
Discussant: Oreste Tristani

Real Exchange Rates and Sectoral Productivity in and out of the Eurozone

Presentation: Michael Devereux, Martin Berka, Charles Engel
Discussant: Paolo Pesenti

Empirical Analysis of Macroprudential Policies

Session chair: Ron Alquist

Capital Controls and Macroprudential Measures: What Are They Good For?

Presentation: Kristin Forbes, Marcel Fratzscher, Roland Straub
Discussant: Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel

Capital Flows and Macroprudential Policies – A Multilateral Assessment of Effectiveness

Presentation: Christian Friedrich, John Beirne
Discussant: Ana Maria Aguilar Argaez

Remarks

By Governor, Stephen S. Poloz

Capital Controls and Welfare

Session chair: Eric Santor

System, Capital Controls: A Normative Analysis

Presentation: Anna Lipinska, Bianca De Paoli
Discussant: Anusha Chari

Monetary Policy Regimes and Capital Account Restrictions in a Small Open Economy

Presentation: Mark M. Spiegel, Chun Chang, Zheng Liu
Discussant: Subrata Sarker

Panel Discussion: A Role for Policy Coordination?

Panel chair:

John Murray, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada

Panelists:

Jean Boivin, Department of Finance, Government of Canada

Jonathan Ostry, International Monetary Fund

Luiz A. Pereira Da Silva, Banco Central do Brasil

Bill White, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development