Financial Markets: Innovations and Challenges
Dinner and Discussion for High School Teachers
University of Texas Thompson Conference Center
Austin, Texas
May 15, 2008

This Dallas Fed program will feature Jeffery Gunther, assistant vice president and senior economist in the Dallas Fed’s Financial Industry Studies Department. Gunther will speak on factors leading up to the recent financial market turmoil, in particular the role of nontraditional financial instruments. He will address such questions as:

• What happened in the U.S. subprime real estate market?
• Are financial innovations, such as hedge funds, forever changing the financial landscape?
• What does the consumer need to understand about nontraditional financial instruments?
• What impact do these new financial instruments have on the U.S. economy? 

Fast Facts

Location

University of Texas at Austin Thompson Conference Center 2405 Robert Dedman Drive Austin, TX 78713 Maps and parking

Time

6:00 to 8:30 p.m. (includes dinner)

Registration

There is a $15 charge to attend. Space is limited Register and pay online Registration deadline is May 12.

Credit

Certificates for professional development credit hours will be available.

More information

Elizabeth Waddle Phone (800) 333-4460, ext. 25276 E-mail

About the Speaker

Jeffery W. Gunther
Assistant Vice President and Senior Economist, Financial Industry Studies
Gunther is an assistant vice president and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where he conducts and directs analysis of financial institutions and the supervisory framework in which they operate. Gunther’s work focuses on supervisory policy issues of particular concern to the Federal Reserve. He has authored numerous related articles for publication in both academic and Federal Reserve journals, and he is a primary architect of statistical models used at the Federal Reserve to identify emergent banking problems. Gunther received a Ph.D. in economics from Southern Methodist University in 1995.