The following fields will be discussed: a) Causes of Financial crisis: Interest rates, International Imbalances and the Great Moderation ("Minsky Effect") b) Trade and financial flows: Savings - consumption imbalance c) Macroeconomic Performance: Core and Periphery in EU d) Eurozone in Distress:...

Topics: - Challenges for monetary policy strategies and operations, - The future of financial globalization, - Financial reform and prospects for a renewed international financial architecture, - Are there limits to the relative size of the financial sector? - What future for the New Keynesian...

The conference will focus on key issues such as globalization, regional integration and international migration against the backdrop of the current global economic and financial crisis, the political and economic repercussions of which can already be felt across countries and regions. The impact...