The future economic architecture of the eurozone @PetersonInstitute

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The Peterson Institute for International Economics is pleased to host a high-level panel discussion on the future economic architecture of the eurozone, featuring Spanish first vice president and finance minister Carlos Cuerpo Caballero and ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel, alongside leading experts Olivier Blanchard of PIIE and Ángel Ubide of Citadel.

Following opening remarks by Cuerpo Caballero, the conversation explores how much monetary policy transmission and financial stability in the eurozone depend on deeper integration, the opportunities and challenges posed by rising long-term commitments to defense spending and expanded industrial policy, and the implications for the ECB and the broader eurozone framework of proposals for Eurobonds or alternative fiscal instruments. PIIE president Adam S. Posen moderates the session.

MODERATOR

Adam S. Posen
President, PIIE

SPEAKERS

Olivier Blanchard
Senior Fellow, PIIE

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero
First Vice President and Minister for Economy, Trade, and Business, Spain

Isabel Schnabel
Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Ángel Ubide
Managing Director and Head of Economic Research for Global Fixed Income and Macro, Citadel LLC

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