{"id":420,"date":"2025-04-19T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/?page_id=420"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T20:28:12","slug":"the-snb-and-its-watchers-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/?page_id=420","title":{"rendered":"THE SNB AND ITS WATCHERS 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Managing Inflation in a Small Open Economy with a Safe Currency<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> November 22, 13:30-18:20<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong> University of Zurich, R\u00e4mistrasse 71, Zurich Aula KOL-G 201<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conference Program<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>13:30-13:40 Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Florian Scheuer<\/em>, Chairman of the Department of Economics, UZH<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>13:40-14:05 Keynote Speech<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Martin Schlegel<\/em>, Chairman of the Governing Board, SNB, (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SNB-Watchers_Slides_keynote-2024.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>14:05-14:30 Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Lead Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Andreas Billmeier<\/em>, Brevan Howard<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Christoph Bianchet<\/em>, Suva<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Karsten Junius<\/em>, J. Safra Sarasin<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Beat Siegenthaler<\/em>, Rokos Capital<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>14:30-14:45 Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>14:45-14:50 Introduction to Panel Policy Topics<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Harris Dellas<\/em>, President, KBI; Professor, Uni Surrey; Research Fellow, StLouis Fed<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>14:50-16:10 Panel 1: The Determinants of Inflation<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Chair, <em>Ernst Baltensperger<\/em>, Professor, Uni Bern<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Sarah Lein<\/em>, Professor, Uni Basel (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lein_SNBWatchers_2024_11_22.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Tuomas V\u04d3lim\u04d3ki<\/em>, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024-11-22_SNB_Watchers_Valimaki.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Carlos Lenz<\/em>, Head of Economic Affairs, SNB (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024-11-22_SNB-and-watchers_CLenz.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Lead Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Reto Cueni<\/em>, Vontobel<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Giuseppe Vera<\/em>, Citadel<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>16:10-16:40 Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>16:40-18:10 Panel 2: Policy Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Chair: <em>Jean-Pierre Danthine<\/em>, EPFL<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Philippe Bacchetta<\/em>, Professor, Uni Lausanne (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FX_UIP_CIP-Revised1.pdf\">paper<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Megan Greene<\/em>, Member of MPC, Bank of England (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Megan-Greene-SNB-Watchers-Preso.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Marc Giannoni<\/em>, Managing Director and Chief US Economist for Research, Barclays (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024-11-22_SNB-Watchers_Giannoni.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Attilio Zanetti<\/em>, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, SNB (<a href=\"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2024_11_22-SNB-Watchers_Attilio-Zanetti-F.pdf\">slides<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Lead Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><em>Manos Karimalis<\/em>, UBS<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Guy Miller<\/em>, Zurich<\/li>\r\n<li><em>Marco Stringa<\/em>, Element Capital<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>18:10-18:20 Concluding Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Cedric Tille<\/em>, Professor, HEID<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>18:20-19:15 Apero<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing Inflation in a Small Open Economy with a Safe Currency Date: November 22, 13:30-18:20Venue: University of Zurich, R\u00e4mistrasse 71,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/420\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karl-brunner-institute.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}