Recent Presentations

June 2023: Presentation on “Living Payycheck-to-Paycheck: Empirical Analysis & Macroeconomic Implications”, Hoover Institution seminar, Stanford University.

June 2023: Presentation on “Audit the Fed”, Shadow Open Market Committee conference, Chapman University, Orange, CA.

May 2023: Presentation on “Audit the Fed”, American Enterprise Institute workshop, Washington DC.

April 2023: Presentation on “Audit the Fed”,  Shadow Open Market Committee meeting, Manhattan Institute, New York, NY.

December 2022: Presentation on “Quantifying the Costs and Benefits of Quantitative Easing”, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland research seminar.

October 2022: Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency, Monetary Policy, and Financial Stability”, Digital Money Seminar hosted by the IMF Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centers and the South African Reserve Bank (held online).

July 2022: Presentation on “Quantifying the Costs and Benefits of Quantitative Easing”,
Hoover Institution research seminar, Stanford University.

April 2022: Presentation on “The Fed’s Balance Sheet: Constraints, Costs, and Risks”,
Shadow Open Market Committee meeting (held online).

April 2022: Presentation on “Design Principles for Digital Cash”, IMF Regional Conference on Sub-Saharan Africa CBDC and Crypto Assets (held online).

March 2022: Presentation on “Design Principles for Digital Cash”, IMF High-Level Conference on Modernizing Monetary Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa (held online).

February 2022: Presentation on “Inflation Risks and Monetary Policy”, Shadow Open Market Committee online meeting.

November 2021: Discussion of “Average Inflation Targeting: Time Inconsistency and Intentional Ambiguity” by C. Jia and C. Wu, Monetary Economics online workshop, National Bureau for Economics Research.

October 2021: Presentation on “Golden Fetters, Paper Fetters, and the Rationale for Eliminating the Effective Lower Bound on Monetary Policy”, Virtual Seminar Series on Central Banking and Digital Currencies, hosted by Sveriges Riksbank.

July 2021: Testimony onThe Rationale for Establishing a Digital Dollar and the Perils of Delay”, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington DC.

June 2021: Presentation on “An Independent Evaluation of the Federal Reserve’s New Monetary Policy Framework”, Shadow Open Market Committee online conference.

January 2021: Presentation on Assessing Shortfalls from Full Employment, Shadow Open Market Committee online meeting.

November 2020: Presentation on “Assessing the Age Specificity of Infection Fatality Rates for COVID-19”, Health Economics Conference on COVID-19, National Bureau for Economic Research.

October 2020: Video Presentation on “Assessing the Age Specificity of Infection Fatality Rates for COVID-19”, National Bureau for Economic Research.

September 2020: Presentation on “Strengthening the Federal Reserve’s Governance”, Shadow Open Market Committee online meeting.

June 2020: Presentation on “Incorporating Scenario Analysis into the Federal Reserve’s Policy Strategy & Communications”, Shadow Open Market Committee online conference.

March 2020: Presentation on “Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst: The Federal Reserve’s Monetary Toolbox for Mitigating Severe Adverse Shocks,”  Shadow Open Market Committee meeting, Manhattan Institute, New York, NY.

January 2020: Presentation on “The Rationale for Issuing E-Krona in the Digital Era,” Sveriges Riksbank seminar, Stockholm, Sweden.

November 2019: Presentation on “Imperfect Credibility of Forward Guidance Strategies for Mitigating the Effective Lower Bound,” Credibility Conference, Laboratory for Aggregate Economics & Finance, Santa Barbara, CA.

November 2019: Presentation on “Pitfalls of Make-Up Strategies for Mitigating the Effective Lower Bound,” Cato Monetary Policy Conference, Washington, DC.

October 2019: Presentation on “Digital Cash: Principles & Practical Steps”,
Bank of Canada/Sveriges Riksbank Conference on Central Bank Digital Currency, Ottawa, Canada.

October 2019: Discussant, ECB Monetary Policy Conference, Frankfurt, Germany.

September 2019: Presentation on “Assessing the Federal Reserve’s Toolbox for Providing Monetary Stimulus at the Effective Lower Bound,” Shadow Open Market Committee meeting, Manhattan Institute, New York, NY.

July 2019: Seminars on “Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees” and “Central Bank Digital Cash”, Bank of England, London.

July 2019: Seminar on “Central Bank Digital Cash”, Monetary & Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.

June 2019: Presentation on“U.S. Digital Cash: Principles & Practical Steps”, Shadow Open Market Committee Conference, Chapman University, Orange, CA.

May 2019: Session Chair, Asian Monetary Policy Forum, Singapore.

May 2019: Remarks on narrow banking, American Enterprise Institute forum, Washington DC.

May 2019: Discussant, Hoover Institution Monetary Policy Conference, Stanford, CA.

January 2019: Remarks on “Improving Federal Reserve Transparency and Accountability” Institute for Human Studies workshop, Atlanta, GA.

December 2018: Remarks on digital cash, Sveriges Riksbank public forum, Stockholm, Sweden.

December 2018: Presentation on“Central Bank Digital Cash: Principles & Practical Steps” Sveriges Riksbank policy seminar.

November 2018:  Presentation on“U.S. Digital Cash: Principles & Practical Steps”, Cato Institute monetary policy conference, Washington DC.

November 2018: Seminar on “Monetary Policy and Labor Markets”, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.

October 2018: Discussant, Notre Dame University memorial research conference in honor of Charles Carlstrom and Timothy Fuerst, South Bend, IN.

September 2018:  Presentation on“Transparency in Central Bank Financial Statements”, European Central Bank conference on Central Bank Accounting, Frankfurt, Germany.

August 2018:  Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Cash”, Executive Meeting of East Asian Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervisory Authorities, Manila, Philippines.

August 2018: Lecture on “Central Bank Digital Currency”, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Manila, Philippines.

August 2018: Presentation on“Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis conference, St. Louis, MO.

July 2018:  Presentation on “Monetary Policy Frameworks: Lessons from the U.S. Experience”, IMF central banking forum, Singapore.

July 2018: Seminars on “Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees” and “Central Bank Digital Currency”, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.

June 2018:  Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, SUERF research conference, Milan, Italy.

June 2018: Presentations on “Current Issues in Monetary Policy for Developing Countries” and “Current Issues in Monetary Policy for Advanced Economies”, International Monetary Fund policy seminar, Washington DC.

May 2018:  Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy” Bank of Japan annual research conference, Tokyo, Japan.

April 2018:  Presentation on “Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees”, Reserve Bank of Australia annual research conference, Sydney, Australia.

March 2018:  Remarks on “U.S. Monetary Policy: Outlook, Risks, and Challenges”, Brookings Institution global economy conference, Washington, DC.

March 2018: Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Shadow Open Market Committee meeting, New York, NY.

January 2018: Discussant, panel on monetary policy and financial stability, American Economic Association annual meetings, Philadelphia, PA.

December 2017: Seminar on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC.

November 2017: Testimony on “Federal Reserve Reform Legislation”, Monetary Policy Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

October 2017:  Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Bank for International Settlements payments conference, Tokyo, Japan.

October 2017: Public lecture on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, University of Tokyo, Japan.

September 2017:  Presentation on“Re-examining the Conduct of Monetary Policy”, Bank of Canada Framework Renewal Conference, Ottawa, Canada.

September 2017: Seminar on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, Sweden.

July 2017:  Lecture on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy” Fondo Latinamericano de Reservas conference, Cartagena, Colombia.

May 2017:  Presentation on “Central Bank Digital Currency and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Hoover Institute monetary policy conference, Stanford, CA.

March 2017: Remarks on monetary policy, Conference of State Bank Supervisors meeting, Washington DC.

March 2017: Seminars on “Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees” and “Sovereign Digital Currencies and the Future of Monetary Policy”, Bank of Canada, Ottawa.

October 2016: Lecture on “Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees”, Korean Economic Association annual meeting, Seoul, Korea.

October 2016: Seminar on “Robust Design Principles for Monetary Policy Committees”, Bank of Korea, Seoul.