His ICMBS speech is here.
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PrimeTime tonight has a special programme on default issues, with a number of interviews with international and domestic commentators. Ian Kehoe previews the show in this blog post.
Details of this guest lecture by Sean Hagan, General Counsel and Director of the Legal Department at the International Monetary Fund, on March 18 (organised by TCD Law School) are available here.
In its latest Quarterly Bulletin, the BIS clarifies what can and cannot be learned from its data. You can read the note here.
The Policy Institute and the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at TCD are pleased to announce that Andres Velasco (ex Minister of Finance for Chile) will give a seminar at TCD on Monday March 14 on “The Fiscal Framework: Lessons from Chile”. As has been flagged on this blog before, Chile was able to run very sizeable surpluses in the pre-crisis period, such that it could enjoy a big fiscal swing during the crisis without threatening fiscal sustainability. This seminar provides an opportunity to learn how Chile was able to achieve this counter-cyclical fiscal policy.
Monday, March 14
Time: 8.30am-10am
Venue: Jonathan Swift Theatre (Room 2041A), Arts Block, TCD
Admission: Free, All welcome
Queries to: policy.institute at tcd.ie
Andrés Velasco: Short Bio
Andrés Velasco was the Minister of Finance of Chile between March 2006 and March 2010. During his tenure he was recognized as Latin American Finance Minister of the Year by several international publications. His work to save Chile´s copper windfall and create a rainy-day fund was highlighted in the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, among many others.