32nd Annual Monetary and Trade Conference in partnership with Drexel LeBow Monetary Policy in Transition: Implications for Growth, Markets and the Dollar

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - Thursday, April 17, 2014
Drexel LeBow's Gerri C. LeBow Hall, 3220 Market Street Philadelphia, PA

Join GIC and Drexel LeBow for this annual tradition!

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32nd Annual Monetary and Trade Conference

We encourage you to take public transportation to the event as parking may be limited on the street. Parking is available for $13 at the Drexel Garage, located at 34^th and Market St. (entrance on Ludlow, one half block south of Market). Please pay at the kiosk located next to the elevators on the ground floor of the garage upon arrival.

AGENDA
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast

8:15 – 8:30 a.m. | Welcome

Frank Linnehan, Dean, Drexel’s LeBow College of Business
George Tsetsekos, Dean Emeritus, Drexel’s LeBow College of Business and GIC Chairman of the Board

8:30 – 9:15 a.m. | The Current Economy: An Update

Stu Hoffman, Ph.D., Chief Economist, PNC Bank
Bill Dunkelberg, Ph.D., Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business and GIC Board Member

9:15 – 10:30 a.m. | “Normalizing” Monetary Policy

William Poole, Ph.D., Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Andre Kurmann, Ph.D, Professor of Economics, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Housing, Fannie and Freddie and the Policy Shift

Doug Duncan, Ph.D., Chief Economist of Fannie Mae

11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | The Fed, ECB and BoJ: Objectives and Challenges

Mickey Levy, Ph.D., Chief Economist of Blenheim Capital Management

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Prospects for the US Economy and Dollar Through the International Lens

Catherine Mann, Ph.D., Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at Brandeis University’s International Business School and GIC Board Member

12:15 p.m. | Conclusion

Bill Dunkelberg, Ph.D., Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business and GIC Board Member

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Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - Thursday, April 17, 2014 Time: 7:45 AM City: Philadelphia Drexel LeBow's Gerri C. LeBow Hall Download iCal

Speakers

Douglas G. Duncan, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Fannie Mae

Douglas G. Duncan is Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist. He is responsible for providing all forecasts and analyses on the economy, housing and mortgage markets for Fannie Mae.

Bill Dunkelberg, Ph.D.

Chief Economist, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

William Dunkelberg is professor emeritus of economics in the College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, where he served as dean of the School of Business and Management from 1987 through 1994 and as director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of Entrepreneurship. He served as the Global Interdependence Center’s Chairman for 20 years.

Stuart Hoffman, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, PNC Financial Services Group

Stuart G. Hoffman is senior vice president and chief economist for The PNC Financial Services Group and serves as the principal spokesperson on all economic issues for PNC.

André Kurmann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University

André Kurmann is an associate professor in the School of Economics of the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University. Prior to joining Drexel, he worked as a research economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. (2011-2013), as a visiting associate professor in the Finance Department of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (2008-2011) and as an assistant and tenured associate professor in the economics department of the Université du Québec à Montréal (2002-2008).

Mickey Levy, Ph.D.

Chief Economist, Berenberg Capital Markets.

Dr. Mickey Levy is chief US economist of Berenberg Capital Markets. Formerly, he was chief economist of Bank of America. He is a long-standing member of the Shadow Open Market Committee and is on the Advisory Board of the Office of Financial Research (OFR).

Frank Linnehan, Ph.D.

Dean, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University

Frank Linnehan, Ph.D. is the dean at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, where he also is a professor of management. Dr. Linnehan received his Ph.D. in human resources administration from Temple University and has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in leadership, organizational behavior, human resources, compensation and management.

Catherine L. Mann, Ph.D.

Member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

Dr Catherine L Mann joined the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England on 1 September 2021. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Economic Association, among others. Previously she was Chair of the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association.

William Poole, Ph.D.

Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute

William Poole is Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Mises Institute and Senior Advisor to Merk Investments. Poole retired as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in March 2008. In that position, which he held from March 1998, he served on the Federal Reserve’s main monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee.

George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus Drexel’s LeBow College of Business

Dr. George Tsetsekos, serves as the Francis professor of Finance and Director of the Risk Management Center at the LeBow College of Business. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the college achieved national rankings and quality milestones in research and teaching.