Conference on: Current Account Sustainability. Recent Methods and Policy Issues

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The Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Banco de la República de Colombia co-organized a conference on recent developments in the analysis of current account sustainability. The event took place on April 18, 2017 at the IDB headquarters in Washington D.C. The purpose of the conference was to bring together group economists from central banks, finance ministries, international organizations, and academics to discuss recent developments and new perspectives on the analysis of current account sustainability.

Confirmed Keynote speakers were Ruy Lama (IMF), Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland), and Jeffrey Frankel (Harvard University).

The Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Banco de la República de Colombia co-organized a conference on recent developments in the analysis of current account sustainability. The event took place on April 18, 2017 at the IDB headquarters in Washington D.C. The purpose of the conference was to bring together group economists from central banks, finance ministries, international organizations, and academics to discuss recent developments and new perspectives on the analysis of current account sustainability.

Confirmed Keynote speakers were Ruy Lama (IMF), Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland), and Jeffrey Frankel (Harvard University).

   Agenda

    U.S. Current Account Sustainability Revisited. / Shaghil Ahmed, Carol Bertaut, and Rob Vigfusson

    External Sustainability - Assessment at the IDB / Eduardo Cavallo and Marola Castillo 

    Global External Imbalances: IMF Assessment of External Positions / IMF

    Policies for Managing External Shocks in Commodity-Exporting Countries / Jeffrey Frankel

    International Spillovers, Credit Cycles and Current Account Sustainability: The Case of Turkey / Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan 

    Fiscal Procyclicality and External Sustainability / Ruy Lama, Carlos Vegh, and Guillermo Vuletin

    Current Account Sustainability Considering Nonlinearities. IDB-Banco de la República Conference on Current Account Sustainability / Óscar M. Valencia