Monday, October 4
8:00 a.m. Registration/Breakfast
8:30 Introductory remarks
Jack Guynn, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
8:45 Uruguay: Two Years of Monetary Policy in Adverse Conditions pdf logo
Daniel Dominioni, Banco Central de Uruguay [Presentation ]
Discussant: Victor Olivo, Banco Central de Venezuela [Presentation ]
9:45

Monetary Policy in a Dollarized Economy: Two Years of Inflation Targeting Experience in Peru pdf logo
Adrian Armas, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru [Presentation ]
Discussant: Jorge Madrigal Badilla, Banco Central de Costa Rica

10:45 Break
11:00

Inflation Targeting Framework for Jamaica: An Empirical Exploration pdf logo
Bosede Nelson-Douglas, Bank of Jamaica [Presentation ]
Discussant: Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta [Presentation ]

Noon Lunch
1:30 p.m. Inflation Dynamics’ Micro Foundations: How Important Is Imperfect Competition Really? pdf logo
Sara Castellanos, Banco de Mexico [Presentation ]
Discussant: Jose Ricardo da Costa e Silva, Banco Central do Brasil [Presentation ]
2:30 By How Much and Why Do Inflation Targeters Miss Their Targets? pdf logo
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Banco Central de Chile [Presentation ]
Discussant: Larry Schembri, Bank of Canada [Presentation ]
3:30 Break
4:00 Inflation Targeting in a Small Open Economy: The Colombian Case pdf logo
Franz Hamann and Paulina Restrepo, Banco de la Republica, Colombia [Presentation ]
Discussant: Marco Del Negro, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta [Presentation ]
6:30 Reception
7:00 Dinner
Welcoming remarks
Robert Eisenbeis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Keynote Speaker
Frederic Mishkin, Columbia University [Presentation ]
   
Tuesday, October 5
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30

Estimating Potential Output for Argentina: 1980Q1–2004Q1 pdf logo
Josefina Rouillet, Banco Central de la Republica Argentina [Presentation ]
Discussant: Armando Pinell, Banco Central de Bolivia [Presentation ]

9:30 International Capital Flows and Destabilizing Fiscal and Monetary Policy pdf logo
Jose Ricardo da Costa e Silva, Banco Central do Brasil [Presentation ]
Discussant: Franz Hamann, Banco de la Republica, Colombia [Presentation ]
10:30 Break
11:00 The Effect of Annual Inflation Targets on the Conduct of Monetary Policy during Disinflation Process in Mexico pdf logo
Jesus Gonzalez-Garcia, Banco de Mexico [Presentation ]
Discussant: Carlos Zarazaga, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Noon Closing remarks
John Robertson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
12:30 p.m. Lunch