Inflation Targeting Revisited

8.30am registration and breakfast

9.15am Welcome– Paul Mizen (Chairman, MMF) & Stephanie Flanders (Head of Economics, Bloomberg)

9.25-10.45 Session 1 Chair TBC Speaker: Jim Bullard (President, FRB St Louis and FOMCmember) The Federal Reserve's monetary policy options.

10.45– 11.15 tea/coffee

11.15– 12.30 Session 2: Chair TBC Speaker: Stefan Ingves (Governor, Sveriges Riksbank) Setting monetary policy in an open economy with financial stability.

12.30– 1.30 Networking Lunch

1.30– 2.45 Session 3: Chair: Tony Yates Speaker: Jan Vlieghe (MPC member, Bank of England) giving an on-the-record speech on the low interest rate environment and the implications for monetary policy.

2.45-3.45 Session 4: Chair: Dame Kate Barker (former MPC member, Bank of England) chairing a panel of authors of Monetary Policy Strategy (NIESR e-book)

3.45-4.15 tea/coffee

4.15– 5.30. Chair: Whither Inflation Targeting? Speaker: Frederick Mishkin (Columbia University and former Governor, Federal Reserve)

17.30– 17.40 Summary and Reflections. Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg

17.40 Drinks reception.

We are very grateful to our hosts Bloomberg, and to our sponsors the ESRC.