Secular Stagnation, Low Interest Rates and Low Inflation: Causes and Implications for Policy

Date: 
Thursday, 5 November 2020 to Friday, 6 November 2020
Venue: 
European Commission Brussel
Institution: 
European Commission DG ECFIN

DG ECFIN at the European Commission is organizing a conference on the theme ‘Secular Stagnation, Low Interest Rates and Low Inflation: Causes and Implications for Policy’ in cooperation with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Journal of
Economic Dynamics and Control. 

This conference will shed light on key policy questions: Which factors explain low growth and low rates? Why has inflation remained below the ECB’s target, despite accommodative monetary policy? To what extent do catch-up growth and high savings
rates in emerging markets contribute to the observed dynamics?

The program will include 14 papers. There will be a discussant for each paper. Günter Coenen (ECB), Giancarlo Corsetti (Cambridge and CEPR), Gauti Eggertsson (Brown), Luca Fornaro (CREI and CEPR), Jordi Galí (CREI and CEPR) and Felix Kubler (Zurich) have already accepted to present their work at the conference.

Selected papers presented at the conference will be considered for a special issue of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (JEDC) titled “Secular Stagnation, Low Interest Rates and Low Inflation: Causes and Implications for Policy”.

 

Call for papers: 
Deadline: 
June 15, 2020