Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy

Morning Session Chair: Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Optimal Policy Rules in HANK

Authors: Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Christian K. Wolf, MIT and NBER

Discussants: Adrien Auclert, Stanford University, NBER, and CEPR

Sushant Acharya, Bank of Canada and CEPR

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Labor Market Shocks and Monetary Policy

Authors: Serdar Birinci, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Fatih Karahan, Amazon

Yusuf Mercan, University of Melbourne

Kurt See, Bank of Canada

Discussants: Leena Rudanko, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Masao Fukui, Boston University

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Afternoon Session Chair: Andrew Foerster, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Back to the 1980s or Not? The Drivers of Real and Inflation Risks in Treasury Bonds

Authors: Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago, NBER, and CEPR

Discussants: Martin Lettau, University of California-Berkeley, NBER, and CEPR

Stefania D’Amico, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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Long Run Inflation Expectations

Authors: Jonas Fisher, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Leonardo Melosi, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and CEPR

Sebastian Rast, De Nederlandsche Bank

Discussants: Mark Watson, Princeton University and NBER

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California-Berkeley, NBER, and CEPR

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Policymakers’ Uncertainty

Authors: Anna Cieslak, Duke University, NBER, and CEPR

Stephen Hansen, Imperial College London and CEPR

Michael McMahon, University of Oxford, CEPR, and CfM (LSE)

Song Xiao, London School of Economics

Discussants: Stefano Eusepi, University of Texas-Austin

Ulrike Malmendier, University of California-Berkeley, NBER and CEPR

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Dinner – Market Street Dining Room, Fourth Floor

Introduction: Sylvain Leduc, Director of Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Speaker: Christopher Waller, Governor, Federal Reserve Board

Livestream of Governor Waller’s speech

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Scheduled session speakers in bold.