IMF Conference

ECONOMIC FORUMS AND INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS

Friday, January 31, 2003, 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
IMF Auditorium (Enter via the IMF Center) 
720 19th St. N.W., Washington, DC 

Transcript of the proceedings

Economic Forums are free of charge and open to the public; no registration is needed. For further information, please contact Public Affairs Division at: PublicAffairs@imf.org.

The transmission of economic activity across countries has become an important issue for policymakers in developed and emerging markets.

A key dimension is how linkages involving trade and capital flows synchronize real activity and financial markets across borders. This Forum will explore the relative importance of these linkages across countries and their meaning for investors, policymakers, and international financial institutions. Have co-movements become more important in recent years, and if so, why? What role have government policies played in the evolution of cross-border linkages that result in co-movements, and what policies should governments pursue going forward? The panel will address these and related questions.

Ashoka Mody (Moderator) Chief, Financial Studies Division Research Department IMF
Stefano Cavaglia Executive Director, Equity Strategy UBS Asset Management
Vincent Reinhart Director of Monetary Affairs Board of Governors U.S. Federal Reserve System
Anoop Singh Director, Western Hemisphere Department IMF
Randy Kroszner Council of Economic Advisers U.S. White House