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Economic adjustment in the euro area

Event organised jointly with the ECB.

Practical details

  • Date and time: 24 September 2012, 9:00 - 15:30
  • Venue: European Central Bank, Frankfurt

Draft agenda here

9.00 Welcome and introduction: Jean Pisani-Ferry (Bruegel) and Peter Praet (ECB)


9.15-10.30 Panel: The external adjustment challenge

Chair:Anne Bucher, European Commission

  • Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel
  • Alistair Dieppe, ECB
  • Juan Jimeno, Bank of Spain

10.30-11.45 Panel: Productivity and competitiveness: a micro perspective

Chair: Guntram Wolff, Bruegel

  • Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano
  • Filippo di Mauro, ECB
  • Luis Garicano, LSE

11.45-13.00 Panel: The price adjustment challenge: a macro perspective

Chair: Hans-Joachim Klöckers, ECB

  • Guntram Wolff, Bruegel
  • Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Dirk Schumacher, Goldman Sachs

13.00-14.00 Lunch


14.00-16.00 Policy Panel

Chair: Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel

  • Peter Praet, ECB
  • Lorenzo Codogno, Italian Ministry of Finance
  • Vazil Hudak, Deputy Finance Minister of Slovakia
  • Thomas Westphal, German Ministry of Finance