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