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Opening Remarks - Session 2: A High-level Conversation

October 11, 2023
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Economy

Opening Remarks

Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee (RBWC)

 

Session 2: A High-level Conversation

Chair:

Arend Kapteyn, Global Chief Economist, UBS

Speakers:    

Michelle Bowman, Governor, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

Klaas Knot, Governor, De Nederlandsche Bank, Chair of the Financial Stability Board

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