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Federal Reserve System Committee on International Economic Analysis Conference (SCIEA)

May 9 – 10, 2024
Minneapolis Fed

Federal Reserve System Committee on International Economic Analysis Conference (SCIEA)

The Federal Reserve System Committee on International Economic Analysis (SCIEA) will hold its annual meeting and conference the afternoon of Thursday, May 9, through the morning of Friday, May 10, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. This event will be in person only.

Economists of the Federal Reserve System will present and discuss frontier research from all areas within international economics.

Mark Wright from the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis will be the keynote speaker for the conference.

Event Details

Minneapolis Fed

Event Agenda

Thursday, May 9, 2024

12:00 p.m.–12:55 p.m. CT Lunch
12:55 p.m.–1:00 p.m. CT Introduction to Conference and Welcoming Remarks
Andrea Raffo, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
1:00 p.m.–1:50 p.m. CT Low Risk Sharing with Many Assets
Presenter: Sanjay Singh, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Jonathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. CT A Currency Premium Puzzle
Presenter: Thomas Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Pierlauro Lopez, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
3:00 p.m.–3:50 p.m. CT Dealer Risk Limits and Currency Returns
Presenter: Hillary Stein, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Discussant: Kinda Hachem, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
4:00 p.m.–4:50 p.m. CT Elephants In the Market? The Importance of Asset Managers for Equity Prices and Exchange Rates
Presenter: Jenny Tang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Discussant: Karlye Stedman, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
5:00 p.m.–5:50 p.m. CT Investment-Goods Market Power and Capital Accumulation
Presenter: Alessandro Villa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant: Juan Sánchez, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. CT Conference Dinner | The Reserve
Sessions include 40 minutes for presenters and 10 minutes for discussants

Friday, May 10, 2024

8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. CT Breakfast
9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. CT Living in Infamy: Bad Reputations in Emerging Markets
Keynote Speaker: Mark Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
10:00 a.m.–10:50 a.m. CT Globalization, Inflation Dynamics, and the Slope of the Phillips Curve
Presenter: Colin Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Discussant: Viacheslav Sheremirov, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
11:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. CT Tax Revolts and Sovereign Defaults
Presenter: Fernando Arce, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Discussant: Grey Gordon, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m. CT Heterogeneous Agent Trade
Presenter: Mike Waugh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Discussant: Ricardo Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. CT Lunch
Sessions include 40 minutes for presenters and 10 minutes for discussants