Location
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
Sponsors
The Council on Economic Policies
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
| Thursday, April 3 |
| Breakfast and registration |
| Session 1: Inflation and Inequality—Empirics |
| Inequality in the Welfare Costs of Disinflation Presenter: Benjamin Pugsley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Discussant: Juan Rubio-Ramirez, Duke University |
| Inflation and Income Inequality in U.S. States Presenter: Oguzhan Dincer, Illinois State University Discussant: Robert Triest, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston |
| Break |
| Inflation and the Rich after the Global Financial Crisis Presenter: Branimir Jovanovic, National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia Discussant: Junyi Zhu, Deutsche Bundesbank |
| Session 2: Inflation and Inequality—Theory |
| On the Distributive Effects of Inflation Presenter: Charles Gottlieb, University of Oxford Nuffield College Discussant: Takemasa Oda, Bank of Japan |
| Lunch |
| Redistributive Effects of Inflation in a Model of Money and Capital Presenter: Paola Boel, Sveriges Riksbank Discussant: Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Session 3: Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy and Inequality |
| Trickle-Down Consumption, Monetary Policy, and Inequality Presenter: Marco Airaudo, Drexel University Discussant: Pierre Monnin, Council on Economic Policies |
| Break |
How Monetary Policy Has Contributed to the Income Inequality in Japan  Presenter: Jon Frost and Ayako Saiki, De Nederlandsche Bank [Presentation] Discussant: Anton Braun, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Reception and Dinner |
| Reception |
| Dinner with presentation QE and Ultra-Low Interest Rates: Distributional Effects and Risks  Ari Shwayder, McKinsey Global Institute |
| Friday, April 4 |
| Breakfast |
| Session 1: Monetary Policy and Inequality in Developing Countries |
| Does Monetary Policy Really Affect Poverty? Presenter: Simon Yannick Fouda Ekobena, University of Yaounde Discussant: Chris Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy in Developing Countries Presenter: Boyang Zhang, Cornell University Discussant: Federico Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Break |
| Session 2: Optimal Monetary Policy and Inequality |
| Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Monetary Policy Presenter: Makoto Nakajima, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Discussant: Arlene Wong, Northwestern University |
| The Duel of the Dual Mandate Presenter: Yongseok Shin, Washington University and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Discussant: Anastasios Karantounias, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
| Lunch |
| Session 3: Monetary Policy and Inequality—Lessons and Milestones |
| Monetary Policy and Inequality: Lessons from the Workshop Presenter: Pierre Monnin, Council on Economic Policies |
| Monetary Policy and Inequality: Milestones for the Next 12 Months Discussion |