The Central Bank of Iceland organised an international conference on the preservation of monetary and financial stability at Reykjavík’s Grand Hotel on 12 July 2019. The conference, entitled Looking back and looking forward: How do we preserve monetary and financial stability?, was split into two sessions, each with its own focus and discussion topics.
The former session focused on the experience of small European countries that have collaborated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the wake of severe difficulties stemming from the financial crisis, on governmental authorities’ actions, and on the recovery of their respective economies.
The latter session centred on where we stand in improving financial stability frameworks and reforming financial regulation after the Great Financial Crisis.
The agenda, the speakers’ speeches or slide presentations, and a video of the proceedings can be found below.
Programme
Chair: Arnór Sighvatsson, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Iceland
Speakers;
Patrick Honohan, former Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
Carlos da Silva Costa, Governor, Central Bank of Portugal
Ilmars Rimsevics, Governor, Central Bank of Latvia
Már Guðmundsson, Governor, Central Bank of Iceland
Chair: Marc Uzan, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
Speech:
Esther George, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Panel:
Jon Nicolaisen, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Norway
Sigríður Benediktsdóttir, former Director of Financial Stability at the Central Bank of Iceland and current Lecturer at Yale University
Looking back and looking forward: How do we preserve monetary and financial stability?