Each fall and spring, Brookings Institutions hosts a conference that includes a set of papers, commentaries, and discussions by prominent economists on key policy topics. The 2024 Fall Conference was held last Thursday and Friday. you can Go to website You can spend hours watching the entire thing, or you can choose a topic and read the conference discussion papers and commentary. If you want to know why it seems like “everyone knows” an economic fact or insight in Washington policy circles, you can often trace the source of that common sense to a paper published by BPEA. Below is the agenda along with some links.
Fed Monetary Policy Framework Review Symposium
“Challenges Related to the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Framework and Implementation,” by William English and Brian Sack.
“Considerations for a post-pandemic monetary policy framework,” Charles Evans
“Has the Fed’s 2020 Policy Framework Limited Its Response to Inflation? Evidence and implications for framework review,” Christina Romer and David Romer
“Dynamic Grading: A Progress Report on the Why, When, and How.” Douglas Elmendorf, Glenn Hubbard, Heidi Williams
““The Economic Impact of Clean Power,” Costas Arkolakis and Conor Walsh
““Solid financial stabilization” Alan Auerbach and Danny Yagan
“u* = √uv: Full employment unemployment rate in the United States,” Pascal Michaillat and Emmanuel Saez
“The Economics of Sanctions: From Theory to Practice,” Author: Oleg Itskhoki and Elina Ribakova
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