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Evaluating Monetary Policy
Norges Bank's Conference on Monetary Policy 2006
30 March 2006
Norges Bank's conference on monetary policy 2006, which will be held in connection with the publication of Norges Bank's Annual Report for 2005, is devoted to the assessment of monetary policy. The first part will have an international and broad perspective focusing on general issues and the challenges to monetary policy that lie ahead. The second part focuses on the conduct of monetary policy in Norway.
Attendance by invitation only.
Contact: Jorunn Paulson. jorunn.paulson@moa.norges-bank.no
 Chapter 1 "Monetary policy" in Norges Bank's Annual Report 2005 (PDF, 669 kB)
Programme:
| Schedule |
| 08.30 - 09.00 |
Registration and coffee |
| 09.00 - 09.10 |
Welcoming address
Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo |
| 09.10 - 10.40 |
Assessment of monetary policy
Deputy Governor Rachel Lomax, Bank of England
Presentation (PDF, 106 kB)
and Deputy Governor Irma Rosenberg, Sveriges Riksbank
Speech given by Irma Rosenberg (Link to Sveriges Riksbank) |
| 10.40 - 11.10 |
Coffee break |
| 11.10 - 11.55 |
Communication, money and monetary policy
Head of division Huw Pill, ECB
Presentation (PDF, 242 kB) |
| 11.55 - 12.15 |
Discussion |
| 12.15 - 13.15 |
Lunch break |
| 13.15 - 13.55 |
Challenges to the new conventional wisdom in monetary policy: the surprising fragility of the theoretical foundations of inflation targeting (PDF, 452 kB)
Professor Willem Buiter, London School of Economics
Presentation (PDF, 83 kB) |
| 13.55 - 14.15 |
Discussion |
| 14.10 - 14.30 |
Coffee break |
| 14.30 - 15.00 |
Monetary policy in Norway
Governor Svein Gjedrem
 Webcast of Mr. Gjedrem's speech |
| 15.00 - 15.30 |
Monetary policy in Norway and Sweden
Kevin Daly and Fiona Lake, Goldman Sachs
Presentation (PDF, 285 kB) |
| 15.30 - 15.45 |
Coffee break |
| 15.45 - 16.15 |
The outlook for monetary policy in Norway
Michael Saunders, Citigroup
Presentation (PDF, 176 kB) |
| 16.15 - 16.45 |
Discussion |
| 16.45 - 17.00 |
Closing remarks
Governor Svein Gjedrem |
| 17.00 - 18.00 |
Post conference drinks |
Programme as pdf-file (17 kB)
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