Keynote speakers
- Dr Caralee McLiesh (Chief Executive and Secretary to The Treasury)
- Professor Eric Leeper (Paul Goodloe McIntire, Professor in Economics, University of Virginia)
Programme
Speech
New challenges for macroeconomic stabilisation policy: the role of fiscal policy
Presented by: Dr Caralee McLiesh (Secretary to The Treasury)
Staff paper 1
Enhancing the role of fiscal policy in macro stabilisation
Presented by: Oscar Parkyn (Treasury)
Staff paper 2
Fiscal multipliers
Presented by: Yifei Lyu (Treasury)
Discussant by: Gunes Kamber (IMF)
Keynote speech
Understanding monetary-fiscal interactions
Presented by: Eric Leeper (University of Virginia)
Staff paper 3
Fiscal consolidation scenarios for NZ
Presented by: Andrew Binning (Treasury)
Discussant: Kirdan Lees (Sense Partners)
Staff paper 4
Distributional impacts of monetary policy
Presented by: Karsten Chipenuik and Gulnara Nolan (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Discussant: Robert Kirkby (Victoria University of Wellington)
Staff paper 5
The welfare implications of dual mandate for monetary policy
Presented by: Punnoose Jacob and Murat Ozbilgin (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Discussant: Dennis Wesselbaum (University of Otago)
Panel discussion
Key issues in public sector policy
Presented by: Dominick Stephens (Treasury, Moderator)
Public sector chief economists:
Bronwyn Croxson (Ministry of Health)
Yuong Ha (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Joanne Leung (Transport)
Donna Purdue (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment)