Dr Jan Vlieghe, member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee discusses the outlook for the economy and monetary policy Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:00 – 13:00
An online talk hosted by the Department of Economics and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR), University of Bath
About this event
In this talk, Dr Jan Vlieghe will discuss the outlook for the economy and monetary policy. He will focus in particular on recent developments in yields on government bonds, and what we can learn from these developments about the perceived risks to future growth and inflation. He will also reflect on the extent to which Quantitative Easing has influenced yields over the past year.
Speaker Biography
Dr Jan Vlieghe is an external member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee. Jan joined the MPC in September 2015, and his term is due to run until August 2021. He has previously worked at the Bank of England, between 1998 and 2005, as well as private sector investment houses, covering macroeconomic trends and their interaction with asset prices.
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Photo above shows Dr Vlieghe (right) guest speaker at our PMG Christmas Lecture in 2018, along with Craig Moore, Partner with Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP who were our sponsors on the night.
