NABE Sessions at the 2006 ASSA Meeting

NABE hosted two sessions at the ASSA Meeting in Boston on January 6-7, 2006. Please check back here for updates on the presentations.

Session 1

“How Should Monetary Policymakers Cope with Uncertainty: Three Views”

10:15 AM, Friday, January 6, 2006

Stuart Hoffman, PNC Financial Services Group/NABE President, presiding
Richard Fisher, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Speech (off-site)
Cathy Minehan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Speech (off-site)
John Taylor, Professor, Stanford University

Session 2

“Improving the Nation’s Economic Statistics: What’s Planned and What’s Needed”

2:30 PM, Saturday, January 7, 2006

Maurine Haver, NABE Statistics Committee Chair/President, Haver Analytics, presiding
Steve Landefeld, Director, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Slides (PDF, 188 K)
Kathleen Utgoff, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tom Mesenbourg, Jr., Associate Director for Economic Programs, U.S. Census Bureau Slides (PDF, 345 K)
Dale Jorgenson, Professor, Harvard University Slides Slides (PDF, 85 K)