Conference on
Inflation Targeting
Organized by the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)
Friday, January 19, 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Conference room, 2nd floor
(Address: 1051 Budapest, Rooselvelt tér 9.)
| 9:00 | Registration |
| Session I: Objectives and Challenges of Monetary Policy | |
Chair: Jacques de Larosiere | |
| 9:30-10:00 | Zsigmond Járai, Governor, MNB |
| 10:00-10:30 | Jürgen Stark, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank |
| 10:30-11:00 | Malcolm Knight, General Manager, BIS, |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| Session II: Inflation Targeting | |
| Chair: Zsigmond Járai | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Stefan Ingves, Governor, Sveriges Riksbank |
| 12:00-12:30 | Charles Bean, Chief Economist, Executive Director, |
| 12:30-13:30 | Discussion |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
| Session III: Inflation Targeting in Hungary | |
| Chair: Ivan Sramko, Governor, National Bank of Slovakia | |
| 14:30-15:00 | István Hamecz, Director, MNB |
| 15:00-15:30 | Stephen Gilmore, AIG |
| 15:30-16:00 | Péter Duronelly, Budapest Bank |
| 16:00-16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30-16.45 | Concluding remarks
György Szapáry, Deputy Governor, MNB |