Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, and Financial Stability
Special Guest Speaker
The LM Curve: A Not-So-Fond Farewell
Benjamin M. Friedman
Session 1: Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy
The Bank of Canada and the Inflation-Unemployment Trade-Off
Pierre Fortin
Discussion: Tiff Macklem
What I Learned at the Fed
Laurence H. Meyer
Discussion: David Longworth
Session 2: The Conduct of Monetary Policy
Optimal Policy with Low-Probability Extreme Events
Lars E.O. Svensson
Discussion: Pierre Duguay
Monetary Policy Without Money: Hamlet Without the Ghost
David Laidler
Discussion: Jack Selody
Special Guest Speakers
John W. Crow and Gordon G. Thiessen
Session 3: Monetary Policy Processes and Transparency
What Is the Monetary Policy Committee Attempting to Achieve?
Charles Goodhart
Discussion: John Murray
Central Bank Talk: Does It Matter and Why?
Donald L. Kohn and Brian P. Sack
Discussion: Paul Jenkins
Session 4: Financial Stability
Policy Remedies for Conflicts of Interest in the Financial System
Frederic S. Miskin
Discussion: Ron Parker
Are Changes in Financial Structure Extending Safety Nets?
William R. White
Discussion: Clyde Goodlet
Closing Remarks
Reflections on Three Decades at the Bank of Canada
Charles (Chuck) Freedman
Bank topic index: Financial Institutions, Financial Markets, Financial Stability, Financial System Regulation and Policies, Inflation and Prices, Interest Rates, Labour Markets, Market Structure and Pricing, Monetary Aggregates, Monetary Policy Framework, Monetary Policy Implementation, Productivity, Transmission of Monetary Policy, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy