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33rd Annual Economic Policy Conference

Projecting Potential Growth: Issues and Measurement

October 16-17, 2008

Program Information

The theme of this year's conference is "Projecting Potential Growth: Issues and Measurement." Several leading participants in this literature will present their research and commentary.

All events are at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Conference Center, Sixth Floor

Please note that attendance is by invitation only.

To request to attend the conference, or for information about the conference or help with hotel reservations, please contact Denise Cain at denise.a.cain@stls.frb.org, (314) 444-8567, or 1-800-333-0810, ext. 44-8567.


Tentative Program - Subject to Revision
as of April 22, 2008
Paper titles and discussants will be announced at a later date.
 
 Topic — Potential Growth in the OECD Countries
 Presenters:Christophe Cahn, Paris School of Economics and Bank of France
Arthur Saint-Guilhem, ECB
 
 Topic — Potential Growth in Canada with Data Revisions
 Presenters:Russell Barnett, Bank of Canada
Sharon Kozicki, Bank of Canada
 
 Topic — A View from the Field: Projecting Potential at the CBO
 Presenter:Bob Arnold, Congressional Budget Office
 
 Topic — Projecting Potential Growth at Macro Advisers
 Presenters:Ken Matheny, Macroeconomic Advisers
Chris Varvares, Macroeconomic Advisers
 
 Topic — Past and Future Potential Growth in China
 Presenter:Jinghai Zheng, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway, and Department of Economics, Gothenburg University, Sweden
 
 Topic — Projecting GDP Growth with Vintage Data in a State-Space Framework
 Presenters:Richard Anderson, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Charles Gascon, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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