Carmen M. Reinhart is a globally renowned economist, Harvard Kennedy School professor, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank. As co-author of the best-selling book This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, she is a leading authority on financial crises and international finance. With a distinguished career including senior roles at the IMF, Bear Stearns and advisory positions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the U.S. Congress, Carmen is a sought-after keynote speaker for conferences and events focused on economics, finance, and global policy. Her insightful presentations draw on decades of expertise and award-winning research, making her an invaluable speaker for event organisers and conference producers worldwide.
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Why changing monetary and immigration policies may be edging U.S. closer to a recession: Carmen Reinhart
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Financial Crises and Economic Recovery
“Navigating the Storm: Lessons from Eight Centuries of Financial Crises and Pathways to Recovery”. This Keynote draws on her seminal work “This Time is Different,” which analyzes recurrent patterns in financial booms and busts across history in both advanced and emerging markets.
Global Capital Flows and Sovereign Debt
“Global Capital Flows, Sovereign Debt, and Financial Stability in a Fragmented World”. Carmen discusses dynamics of international capital movements, exchange rate policy, and sovereign debt crises, shedding light on their implications for financial contagion and economic stability.
Inflation and Cost of Living Crises
“Inflation in the Modern Economy: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses”. She is addressing contemporary issues such as inflation shocks, cost of living, and policy measures including the Inflation Reduction Act.
Macroeconomic Policy in Times of Global Uncertainty
“Macroeconomic Strategy for a Turbulent Global Economy: Insights from the Frontlines of Policy”. Carmen draws from her experience advising the IMF, World Bank and Federal Reserve. She offers perspectives on policy coordination amidst crises including the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic economic fallout.
International Finance and Emerging Markets
“Emerging Markets at a Crossroads: Financial Risks and Growth Opportunities”. In this Keynote she is focusing on the vulnerabilities and resilience of emerging economies in the global financial system.
Behavioral Economics and Financial Stability
“Behavioral Drivers of Financial Instability: Insights for Policymakers and Investors”. This Keynote combines macroeconomic theory with behavioral finance to explain financial market dynamics.
Carmen M. Reinhart is the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard Kennedy School and the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group, a role she assumed in June 2020 during a period of unprecedented global economic challenges including the coronavirus pandemic. Her expert thought leadership has been pivotal in addressing policy challenges amid financial crises affecting both advanced economies and emerging markets.
Earlier in her distinguished career, she was Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund and held senior economist and vice president roles at Bear Stearns in the 1980s. Currently she serves on the Advisory Panels of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the International Monetary Fund and has testified before the US Congress on economic issues.
Her bestselling and influential book, co-authored with Kenneth S. Rogoff, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, is a seminal work on financial crises history. Translated into over 20 languages, it earned the Paul A. Samuelson Award and remains a foundational text in understanding recurring economic booms and busts.
She is ranked among the top economists worldwide by Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) and Reinhart has been recognized with numerous prestigious honors including the King Juan Carlos Prize in Economics (2018), NABE’s Adam Smith Award (2018), and inclusion in Bloomberg Markets’ Most Influential 50 in Finance, Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, and Thomson Reuters’ The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.
Most recently, Carmen Reinhart continues to shape global economic dialogue through research, speaking engagements and advisory roles, focusing on recovery in the post-pandemic era and the evolving international financial system. She represents cutting-edge expertise on risks to global economic stability, sovereign debt, and cross-border financial contagion.
She has also published extensively on international finance, capital flows, exchange rate policy, banking and sovereign debt crises, and contagion.
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