Monetary Policy in Transition: Implications for Growth, Markets and the Dollar

8 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast

8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | The Current Economy: An Update Stu Hoffman, Chief Economist, PNC Bank Bill Dunkelberg, Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business and GIC Board Member

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. | "Normalizing" Monetary Policy Andre Kurman, Professor of Economics, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University William Poole, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

10:30 - 11 a.m. | Housing, Fannie and Freddie and the Policy Shift Doug Duncan, Chief Economist of Fannie Mae

11 - 11:30 a.m. | The Prospects for Interest Rates and Inflation Mickey Levy, Chief Economist of Blenheim LLC and Former Chief Economist of Bank of America

11:30 - 12 p.m. | Trade and the Value of a Dollar Catherine Mann, Ph.D., Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at Brandeis University’s International Business School, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and GIC Board Member