Monetary Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christoph Boehm and Chen Lian
November 8, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Yellen Conference Center, First Floor) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
The format is as follows: 20 mins presenter, 20 mins discussant, 20 mins audience q&a.
Friday, November 8
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Bond Market Views of the Fed

Luigi Bocola, Stanford University and NBER
Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kasper Jørgensen, European Central Bank
Rishabh Kirpalani, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Discussant:
Adi Sunderam, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality in Housing Markets (slides)

Qi Li, Pennsylvania State University
Xu Zhang, Bank of Canada

Discussant:
Amir Kermani, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

A Theory of How Workers Keep Up With Inflation

Hassan Afrouzi, Columbia University and NBER
Andrés Blanco, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Andrés Drenik, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
12:30 pm
Lunch - Market Street Dining Room (4th floor)
1:30 pm

Where Collateral Sleeps

Gary B. Gorton, Yale University and NBER
Chase P. Ross, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Sharon Y. Ross, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Labor Demand and Labor Supply Channels of Monetary Policy

Sebastian Graves, University of Cambridge
Christopher K. Huckfeldt, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Eric T. Swanson, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Discussant:
Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

How Should Monetary Policy Respond to Housing Inflation? (slides)

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Alisdair McKay, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Daniel Greenwald, New York University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn