Must-Read: Boston Fed: 60th Economic Conference: The Elusive “Great” Recovery: Causes and Implications for Future Business Cycle Dynamic

Must-Read: Boston Fed: 60th Economic Conference: The Elusive “Great” Recovery: Causes and Implications for Future Business Cycle Dynamics

October 14:

• 7:30 am: Registration & Breakfast
• 8:30 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Eric S. Rosengren
• Morning Moderator: Joe Peek
• 9:00 am: Why Has GDP Growth Been So Slow to Recover? James H. Stock, Peter Ireland, Lucrezia Reichlin
• 11:00 am: Why Has the Unemployment Rate Fared Better than GDP Growth? Robert E. Hall, John G. Fernald, Laurence M. Ball
• 12:30 pm: Luncheon: The Honorable Janet L. Yellen
• Afternoon Moderator: Christopher L. Foote
• 2:30 pm: Where Have All the Workers Gone? Alan B. Krueger, Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Peter Diamond
• 4:15 pm: Why Has Consumer Spending Remained Moderate and the Saving Rate Increased? Luigi Pistaferri, Karen Dynan, Atif R. Mian
• 5:45 pm: Reception
  Saturday, October 15

October 15:

• 8:00 am: Breakfast
• Morning Moderator: Ricardo P. C. Nunes
• 9:00 am: Why Has Inflation Remained Low for So Long? Robert G. King, Truman F. Bewley, Jeffrey C. Fuhrer
• 11:00 am: J. Bradford DeLong, Olivier Blanchard, N. Gregory Mankiw
• 12:30 am: Luncheon
• 1:30 pm: Adjournment