FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO About
the Fed News and
Events Economic
Research Community
Development Banking
Info For
Consumers For
Educators
 

Economic Research
Symposium on Oil Markets and the Economy
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
July 25, 2011
   
Background Papers Location: 12th Floor Board Room

• Forecasting the Price of Oil
• Real Time Forecasts of the Real Price of Oil
• Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading
• Historical Oil Shocks

 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:55 a.m. Welcome
  John C. Williams
9:00 a.m. Session 1
  Recent developments in oil markets
  Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Edgard Habib, Chevron
Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan
  10:15 a.m. Break
  10:30 a.m. Session 2
    What do recent developments in oil markets mean for the economy?
    Robert Hall, Stanford University
Jim Hamilton, UC San Diego
Steven Kopits, Douglas Westwood
  11:45 a.m. Break
  12:00 p.m. Session 3
    Are high (and volatile) oil prices here to stay?
    Francisco Blanch, BofA Merrill Lynch
Craig Pirrong, University of Houston
Kenneth Singleton, Stanford University
  1:15 p.m. Lunch