Toward Global Coordination of Monetary Policy

  • Thursday, February 20, 2014
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Sanford Consortium, Auditorium (San Diego, CA)


"Toward Global Coordination of Monetary Policy"
An Open Conversation with Masaaki Shirakawa, Former Governor, The Bank of Japan, and Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics, UC San Diego

Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:00 - 6:30pm

Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
2800 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

During the past six years, central banks around the world have thrown away the rulebook for monetary policy. As the global economy appears on the verge of returning to normal times, what comes next for monetary policy and how do central banks responsibly unload the trove
of assets they have accumulated?

Mr. Masaaki Shirakawa was the Governor of the Bank of Japan from 2008-2013, and as such shaped the monetary policy of the world’s third largest economy during the global financial crisis. From 2011-2013 he was also Director and Vice-Chairman at the Bank of International Settlements. He currently serves as Senior Advisor and member of the Global Advisory Board at Promontory Financial Group.

In addition, he is a Special Professor of International Politics, Economics and Communication at Aoyama Gakuin University. Mr. Shirakawa is a member of the “Group of 30,” a private non-profit organization that aims to deepen our understanding of international economic and financial issues.

Professor Gordon Hanson holds the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UC San Diego, and has faculty positions in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Economics. He is the Director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and Co-Director of the Policy Design and Evaluation Lab at UC San Diego. Hanson specializes in the economics of international trade, international migration, and foreign direct investment. His current research examines the international migration of skilled labor, border enforcement and illegal immigration, the impact of imports from China on the U.S. labor market, and the determinants of comparative advantage.
Admission is free.

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