2016 Homer Jones Memorial Lecture

April 6, 2016

Lecture by Lawrence H. Summers

Lawrence H. Summers gave the 2016 Homer Jones Memorial Lecture on "Secular Stagnation and Monetary Policy."

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Welcoming Remarks by James Bullard

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard welcomed attendees and introduced the speaker. Summers is president emeritus and a professor at Harvard University. He directs the university's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

Text version of President Bullard's welcoming remarks »

Q&A Session

A Q&A session with the audience followed the presentation.

Related scholarly article in the Review: Secular Stagnation and Monetary Policy.

About the Homer Jones Memorial Lecture

This lecture series is named for Homer Jones (1906-1986). As St. Louis Fed research director and later senior vice president, Jones played a major role in developing the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as a leader in monetary research and statistics.

Watch past lectures and learn about the series.