About the conference
The 15th BIS Annual Conference focused on "Long-term issues for central banks". The conference proceedings were published in BIS Papers No 92 in August 2017.
Central banks are operating within an environment of heightened uncertainty. The global political, economic and financial landscape continues to evolve influenced also by structural trends that pose long-term challenges. This year's conference investigated the following ones:
- International prices, exchange rates and growth
- Inequality and globalisation
- Financial structure and economic growth
- Population ageing, debt and economic growth
Conference materials
Jaime Caruana, Bank for International Settlements
Chair
Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan
Speaker
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University | presentation
Paper
Discussants
- Philip Lane, Central Bank of Ireland | presentation
- Richard Baldwin, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva | presentation
Chair
Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India
Speaker
François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics | presentation
Discussants
- Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley | presentation
- Raquel Fernández, New York University | presentation
Chair
Stefan Ingves, Sveriges Riksbank
Speaker
Thomas Philippon, New York University, Stern School of Business | presentation
Paper
Discussants
- Martin Hellwig, Max Planck Institute
- Ross Levine, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley | presentation
Chair
Stanley Fischer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Speaker
Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics | presentation
Paper
Discussants
- Masaaki Shirakawa, Aoyama Gakuin University | presentation
- Alan Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley | presentation
Chair
Guillermo Ortiz, BTG Pactual Mexico
Panellist
Kevin Warsh, Hoover Institution and Stanford Graduate School of Business