Research Events

System Energy Meeting

September 21, 2017

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Presented by the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Kansas City

Agenda

September 21, 2017
7:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Session 1: Oil and the Macroeconomy Chair: Nida Cakir Melek
8:00 a.m.	“Asymmetric Responses of Consumer Spending to Energy Prices: The Role of Information and News Coverage” Edward Knotek and Saeed Zaman Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Discussant: Karel Mertens Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
8:40 a.m.	“Learning in the Oil Futures Markets: Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications” Sylvain Leduc Bank of Canada Kevin Moran Université Laval Robert J. Vigfusson Federal Reserve Board of Governors Discussant: Brent Bundick Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
9:20 a.m.	“Oil Price Pass-through into Core Inflation” Cristina Conflitti Banca d’Italia Matteo Luciani Federal Reserve Board of Governors Discussant: Jonas Arias Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Session 2: Oil and Business Dynamics Chair: Martin Stuermer
10:15 a.m.	“Firm Dynamics and Local Economic Shocks Evidence from the Shale oil and Gas Boom” Ryan A. Decker Federal Reserve Board of Governors Meagan McCollum Baruch College Gregory B. Upton Louisiana State University Discussant: Huiyu Li Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10:55 a.m.	“De-leveraging or De-risking? How Banks Cope with Loss” Rhys M. Bidder, John R. Krainer and Adam H. Shapiro Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Discussant: Christoffer Koch Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
11:35 a.m.	Lunch
12:30–5:00 p.m.	Rig tour
6:00 p.m.	Reception and Dinner

For More Information

Contact Martin Stuermer at Martin.Stuermer@dal.frb.org.