MNI: Powell, Bailey, Lagarde, Ueda To Speak At Jackson Hole

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will deliver opening remarks at the Kansas City Fed's annual Jackson Hole symposium Friday at 10 a.m. ET, and Andrew Bailey, Christine Lagarde and Kazuo Ueda, leaders of the Bank of England, ECB and Bank of Japan, respectively, will discuss labor market transition on a panel Saturday at 12:25 p.m. ET. 

Below is the full agenda of the conference, themed "Labor Markets In Transition: Demographics, Productivity and Macroeconomic Policy." Four academic papers will also be presented, each of which are to be posted online at their presentation time. 

Powell’s remarks will be live-streamed to the public via the Kansas City Fed at www.youtube.com/KansasCityFed. The remainder of the symposium will not be streamed but is open to registered attendees and invited media.

JACKSON HOLE ECONOMIC POLICY SYMPOSIUM

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY

Time shown is Mountain Time, two hours behind Eastern Time. 

Thursday, August 21, 2025
6:00 PM  Opening Reception and Dinner

Friday, August 22, 2025
Chair: Janice Eberly, Professor, Northwestern University

7:15 AM  Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM  Opening Remarks
Chair Jerome H. Powell
"Economic Outlook and Framework Review"

8:30 AM  Demographic Trends in Global Labor Markets 
Author: Claudia Goldin, Professor, Harvard University
Discussant: Chad Jones, Professor, Stanford University

9:05 AM  General Discussion

9:30 AM  Coffee Break

9:55 AM  Macroeconomic Consequences of Declining Labor Mobility 
Author: Linda Tesar, Professor, University of Michigan
Discussant: Steven J. Davis, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Hoover Institution at Stanford University

10:30 AM  General Discussion

10:55 AM  Panel: Technology and the Labor Market
Panelist: Lawrence Katz, Professor, Harvard University
Panelist: Ufuk Akcigit, Professor, University of Chicago
Panelist: Laura Veldkamp, Professor, Columbia University

11:55 AM  General Discussion

12:30 PM  Luncheon

1:00 PM  Luncheon Address
Featured Speaker: Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet and Google

2:00 PM  Adjournment

5:00 PM  Reception and Dinner

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Chair: Maurice Obstfeld, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

7:15 AM  Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM  Balancing Labor Markets and Inflation 
Author: Emi Nakamura, Professor, University of California-Berkeley
Discussant: Jordi Galí, Senior Researcher and Professor, Center for Research in International Economics, Pompeu Fabra University

8:35 AM  General Discussion

9:00 AM  Labor Markets and Fiscal Sustainability 
Author: Ludwig Straub, Professor, Harvard University
Discussant: Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice, Harvard University

9:20 AM  Coffee Break

9:45 AM  Session Resumes

10:00 AM  General Discussion

10:25 AM  Panel: The Policy Implications of Labor Market Transition
Panelist: Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
Panelist: Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
Panelist: Kazuo Ueda, Governor, Bank of Japan

11:25 AM  General Discussion

12:00 PM  Luncheon

1:30 PM  Adjournment

7:00 PM  Closing Reception and Dinner