European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde delivers a speech on Tuesday at the opening of the debate at the ECB’s Sintra forum, which is focused on macroeconomic stabilization in the face of volatile inflation.
Lagarde’s speech marks the beginning of the debate. Following that Monday, she hosted central bankers, academics, financial market specialists and politicians attending the ECB forum for a welcome dinner, during which International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Director General Gita Gopinath intervened.
The meeting, hosted by the ECB, comes at a time when inflation continues to attract the attention of decision makers despite monetary policy adjustments being made by major central banks.
The first session this Tuesday, moderated by Fabio Penetta, Member of the ECB’s Executive Board, will focus on the role of inflation expectations in monetary policy in the face of multiple supply shocks, during which economist Silvana Tenreiro will present her “report”. About the subject.
This session will be followed by another on assessing the costs of inflation, chaired by ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson, which will include the author of the “paper” on the subject, Francesco Lippi, professor at LUISS Universit, and the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, Sharon Kozicki.
Energy will be given special attention, with a panel on structural changes in this market and their impact on inflation moderated by Isabelle Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and featuring Ida Walden Bach, Governor of Bank Central Norway, Christiane Baumeister, Professor at the University of Notre -Dame, Javier Blas, Bloomberg Columnist and Miguel Gil Tertre, Chief Economist, European Commission.
The traditional ECB forum will last until Wednesday in Sintra, Portugal.