The Economic Consequences of the Pandemic: Global Macroeconomics in a New Era
April 6-8, 2021
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Overview
These three high level panels organized on the occasion of the IMF spring meeetings 2021 focused on the impact of the pandemic on emerging markets, central banking and CBDC.

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Program
The pandemic and its implications for Emerging Markets
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Ksenia Yudaeva, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Russia
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Fundi Tshazibana, Deputy Governor, SARB
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Marek Mora, Deputy Governor, Czech National Bank
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Roberto Steiner, Member of the Board, Central Bank of Colombia
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Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Professor of Economics and Finance, University of Maryland
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Chair: Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management
The pandemic and a new era of central banking
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Olli Rehn, Governor, Bank of Finland
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Robert S. Kaplan, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Chair: Beat Siegenthaler, Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank
Central Bank digital currencies where do we stand?
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Serey Chea, Assistant Governor, National Bank of Cambodia
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Binur Zhalenov, Advisor to the Governor – CEO of “PayTech and FinTech Development Center of the National Bank of Kazakhstan” JSC
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Dr. Yao Qian, Director-General of the Technology Supervision Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
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Ousmène Mandeng, Advisor, Accenture
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Chair: Massimiliano Castelli, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management