Mastering The Global Economy At A Time Of Structural Change 2024 | Financial Times Live | 26 February 2024 | Online Event

It is vital that monetary policies are successfully implemented to keep inflation under control. This is a truly global crisis with China on the verge of a real estate collapse, prediction on global output expansion down 0.3% and sovereign debt expanding into a wider group of economies. The question therefore is, can central banks, finance ministers and private sector leaders master these macroeconomic shifts? If so, how? This discussion will bring together experts in the field to discuss the structural changes fuelling the current inflationary environment, the role central banks will need to drive rates down and how these challenges are manifesting in different regions.

Key discussion points:
• Are high interest rates a problem that needs to be solved? Or are financial markets actually more stable in these conditions?
• What should central banks focus on at present? Is it, as the IMF suggests, restoring price stability and improving financial supervision?
• How are China's internal problems affecting the global economy? Is it possible for the US and other markets to grow in the face of this?

2024 Speakers

Andrew Chorlton
Head of Fixed Income, Schroders

Rana Foroohar
Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times, Finalist, Business Book of the Year Award 2016

Sebastian Mallaby
Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); Journalist, Author;

Andrew Hill
Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

2024 Partner

• Schroders