GIC In the News
Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Economic Summit
July 14, 2017
The Ninth Annual Rocky Mountain Economic Summit is an annual two-day summit of economists, bankers, academics, and finance industry representatives.
Replacing the Autism Puzzle with a Blueprint of Social Innovation
April 11, 2017
“The Bottom Line of Disabilities,” is an annual symposium held by the Salt Lake City-based Columbus Community Center and the Philadelphia-based Global Interdependence Center (GIC) with a focus on the social and economic impact of disabilities. Young adults with autism face an 80% unemployment rate, compared to a 3.5% unemployment rate that is currently driving […]
Monetary Policy in a New Economic Environment
March 27, 2017
This public session in Madrid was part of GIC’s Central Banking Series event on March 27, 2017, held in partnership with BBVA and the Fundacion Rafael del Pino. The featured speakers were President Charles Evans of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, José M. González-Páramo, Executive […]
Central Banking Series: Singapore
February 21, 2017
The Global Interdependence Center (GIC) led a delegation of business leaders from the United States to Singapore, where the group heard from international business and finance experts on central banking, international trade, and the investment outlook.
Payment Systems in the Internet Age
February 7, 2017
The Global Interdependence Center (GIC) hosted an afternoon program on financial technology in San Diego on February 6, 2017. Payment Systems in the Internet Age featured officials from the Federal Reserve Banks, including Patrick Harker, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, as well as experts with extensive backgrounds in digital currencies, monetary policy, and the security and regulatory realities of digital transactions. Speakers discussed topics such as “Central Banking in the Digital Age: What is Money?” and “Bitcoins, Distributed Ledgers and the Payment System: Opportunities and Challenges.”