Jackson Hole: What We Know So Far

The main publicly-known events on the Jackson Hole schedule so far are Chair Powell’s speech “Economic Outlook” at 1000ET Friday the 26th, and ECB’s Schnabel appearing on a panel on Saturday the 27th.

• The theme of the symposium, which begins at a private dinner Thursday evening and features speeches/panels Friday and Saturday, is “Reassessing Constraints on the Economy and Policy".
• The full schedule will be released Thursday at 2000ET (0100UK time early Friday morning), which will include the various academic paper presentations.
• There will be the usual FOMC President TV interviews on the sidelines. We don’t know of any confirmed appearances but if previous years are any guide, we will get at least some ad hoc announcements of Thursday and Friday’s TV interviews at some point today.
• Reports suggest several international policymakers will be in attendance, including BOE’s Bailey, BOJ’s Kuroda, BoC’s Macklem, and ECB’s Schnabel and Nagel (BBG reports “about half of the ECB’s 25 rate setters” will be in attendance though not Pres Lagarde). Several senior EM central bankers will also be in attendance.
• However, not all attendees will be presenting / giving media appearances.
• The full Symposium website will include links to papers, livestreams, and schedule.