A NABE CHICAGO virtual event under Chatham House Rule with Barry Eichengreen, PhD; a global finance expert & University of California Berkeley Economics Chair & Distinguished Professor Economics & Political Science.

NABE CHICAGO member Karim Pakravan will lead the discussion with Professor Eichengreen focused on understanding the internal threats to the US dollar’s preeminent role in the global economy: its roots, manifestation, followed by a discussion of the current/potential impacts on the United States/global economy. Areas to be discussed—along with your areas of interests and questions—include:

• Policy changes: what are the potential implications on the US dollar from:

  • Protectionism, the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries, enacted through various methods (tariffs, import quotas, geopolitical actions, sanctions, currency manipulation regulations, etc.)?

  • Government regulations, such as: interest rates, money supply management, visa prices/processes, rate cuts/hikes, debt ceilings/deficits, banking regulation, etc.?

• Isolationism: the policy of minimal participation by a country in international economic relations by undermining multilateral economic institutions (G7, G20, IMF/World Bank) in order to devote the nation’s energies primarily to advancing its own domestic interest; includes perceptions/actuality of potential conflicts.

• Other policies: as captured in:

  • Monetary policy: by central banks used to achieve macroeconomic policy objectives, such as price stability, inflation level, full employment, and stable economic growth.

    • How do monetary policies impact the dollar?

    • What about outside pressures on central bank actions—do these impact the dollar and in what manner?

  • Fiscal policy: the tax and spending policies of a national government—i.e., Congress and the Administration.

    • What are impacts on the dollar of government debt, deficits, foreign financing of a deficit, stablecoins?

After registration, you will receive an email with the Zoom Invite to the event session.

If you have any questions or need assistance, contact Kathleen Graham at graham@nabechicago.org.

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