The joint conference of the International Monetary Fund and the Deutsche Bundesbank will bring together high-ranking economists and policymakers from Germany and abroad to discuss areas in which the economic policy debate has been particularly intense in recent years. These include developments in wages and inflation, the appropriate fiscal policy stance, Germany’s current account surplus and the post-crisis agenda for the euro area and Germany.

Keynote address 09.00 – 09.15

© Frank Rumpenhorst Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Session 1: Wages and inflation in Germany 09.15 – 10.30 Video
Chair: Poul Thomsen, International Monetary Fund
Peter Bofinger, German Council of Economic Experts CV Wage and Inflation in Germany Professor Dr. Peter Bofinger, German Council of Economic Experts 18.01.2018 | 381 KB, PDF	Michael Hüther, German Economic Institute (IW) CV Wage and Inflation in Germany Michael Hüther, German Economic Institute (IW) 18.01.2018 | 147 KB, PDF	© Nils Thies Stephan Kohns, Deutsche Bundesbank CV Wages and inflation in Germany Stephan Kohns, Deutsche Bundesbank 18.01.2018 | 847 KB, PDF	Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School CV Wage and Inflation in Germany Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School 18.01.2018 | 484 KB, PDF

Session 2: Fiscal policy: a medium-term view 11.00 – 12.15 Video
Chair: Rolf Strauch, European Stability Mechanism • Curriculum Vitae
Manfred Bergmann, European Commission CV	Lars Feld, German Council of Economic Experts CV	Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies • CV	Ludger Schuknecht, Federal Ministry of Finance CV Fiscal policy: a medium-term view Ludger Schuknecht, Federal Ministry of Finance 18.01.2018 | 134 KB, PDF

Session 3: Germany’s current account surplus: a problem to be fixed? 13.45 – 15.00 Video
Chair: Jens Ulbrich, Deutsche Bundesbank • Curriculum Vitae
Clemens Fuest, ifo Institute CV Germany’s current account surplus: a problem to be fixed? Clemens Fuest, ifo Institute 18.01.2018 | 149 KB, PDF	Maurice Obstfeld, International Monetary Fund CV Could Germany Gain from a Smaller External Surplus? Maurice Obstfeld, International Monetary Fund 18.01.2018 | 2 MB, PDF	Jens Südekum, Heinrich Heine University CV Germany’s current account surplus: A problem to be fixed? Jens Südekum, Heinrich Heine University 18.01.2018 | 491 KB, PDF	Guntram Wolff, Bruegel CV Germany’s Current Account Surplus Guntram Wolff, Bruegel 18.01.2018 | 605 KB, PDF

Concluding panel: A post-crisis agenda for the euro area and Germany: which way forward? 15.30 – 16.30 Video
Chair: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund • Curriculum Vitae
Benoît Cœuré, European Central Bank • CV	Marcel Fratzscher, German Institute for Economic Research • CV	Mario Monti, Bocconi University • CV	Christoph Schmidt, German Council of Economic Experts • CV