Fed Releases Details of Jackson Hole Conference and Attendees

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has released the schedule for its annual policy symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which officially kicks off with dinner on Thursday. In addition to Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s Friday morning speech, the highlights include a panel discussion Saturday with Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, European Central Bank Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure and Bank of Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens.

As previously reported, ECB President Mario Draghi and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will not attend the retreat this year. Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will be among the conference guests, according to a list of the attendees, as well as former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, who wrote a scathing opinion piece of Fed strategy published in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.