The conference is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research on remittances and to facilitate the exchange of views among researchers and policymakers. Possible topics include (but are not restricted to) volatility of remittances and their impact on investment and growth,...

As in past years, top U.S. and international government officials and industry leaders will address key policy and business issues of importance to our members. The 2007 conference will be especially valuable in providing an early assessment of how the outcome of next month’s midterm elections...

Topics: - Interactions among monetary areas, including exchange rates and global imbalances - Interactions within a monetary union: countries, regions, and sectors - New developments in macroeconomics for monetary economies - Design, implementation, and communication of policy - Role of...

Conference Theme Issues of fiscal federalism – broadly defined to include the tax, expenditure, and debt policies of different levels of government, as well their interaction – have attracted heightened attention from academics and policymakers alike. Global changes in institutional...

The goal of this conference is to present and discuss recent developments in the use of quantitative structural models to simulate and evaluate alternative monetary and fiscal policies. The conference will emphasize models with optimizing foundations that are parameterized to match features of...

Presentations and interactive roundtable discussions will cover: - The need to plan today for the impact of changes in long-term productivity and demographics. - The growing imbalances of the current account balance and entitlement spending. - Oil's steady increase: How high will it go? When...

The Economic Forecast for the Nation, State and Region The Budget Situation Policy & Politics