DEW Kenmare 2009 conference

The programme for this conference is available here.

You can download a booking form here.

US Monetary Policy in the Near- and Medium-Terms

Here are a couple of interesting pieces from the NY-FED and SF-FED:

A Bit Better, But Very Far From Best

Disagreement about the Inflation Outlook

VF on the Wall Street Near-Death Experience

This article from the November issue of Vanity Fair provides a very detailed account of last Autumn’s crisis on Wall Street.

New Yorker Profile of Obama’s Economic Team

This is an interesting article.

Academic Appointed to Head the Minneapolis Fed

The trend continues, with the distinguished macroeconomist Narayana Kocherlakota (Nair-ah-yah-nah Koach-er-lah-ko-tah) appointed as President of the Minneapolis Fed.   The press release is here.

He recently made a very interesting recent contribution to the debate on macroeconomics research – but his note seems to have been ‘delinked’ since the announcement of his appointment.