An international conference on capital flows, systemic risk and policy responses was held in Reykjavik on 28-29 April 2016. The conference was jointly organised by the International Monetary Fund, London School of Economics and the Central Bank of Iceland. Governor Már Gudmundsson gave the opening remarks and the keynote speakers were Maurice Obstfeld of the International Monetary Fund and Stijn Claessens of the Federal Reserve System.
Programme
Már Guðmundsson (Governor Central Bank of Iceland)
Stijn Claessens (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
Keynote Address:
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth (London School of Economics):
Gurnain Pasricha (Bank of Canada):
Sebastian Krug (Kiel University):
Discussion led by Ásgeir Jónsson (University of Iceland)
Fatih Altunok (Central Bank of Turkey):
Credit Growth and Reserve Requirements as a Macro-prudential Policy: Evidence from Loan-Level Data
Dennis Reinhardt (Bank of England):
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Maryland):
Discussion led by Ásgeir Jónsson (University of Iceland)
Rodrigo Cifuentes (Central Bank of Chile):
Damiano Sandri (IMF):
John Beirne (European Central Bank):
Discussion led by Charles Goodhart (Systemic Risk Centre, FMG, LSE)
Stephanie Curcuru (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System):
Deniz Igan (IMF):
Teodora Paligorova (Bank of Canada):
Discussion led by Luis Catão (IMF)
Jon Danielsson (Systemic Risk Center, LSE):
Þorvarður Tjörvi Ólafsson (CBI):
Keynote address:
- Maurice Obstfeld (IMF) Trilemmas and trade-offs: living with financial globalisation
Policy panel:
- Karnit Flug (Central Bank of Israel)
- Már Guðmundsson (Central Bank of Iceland)
- Turalay Kenç (Central Bank of Turkey)
- Luiz A. Pereira da Silva (BIS)
- Carmen Reinhart (Harvard Kennedy School)