Speaking at the invitation of the Bundesbank on 05 December 2017 at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Coordinating Minister for Social and Economic Policies will speak on the challenge of inclusive growth, which has been the exception internationally. Inclusive growth means creating opportunities for all segments of society and ensuring that everyone gets their fair share of the acquired wealth.  

Concluding panel with Benoît Cœuré, European Central Bank, Marcel Fratzscher, German Institute for Economic Research, Mario Monti, Bocconi University and Christoph Schmidt, German Council of Economic Experts. Chair: Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund

Session 3: "Germany’s current account surplus: a problem to be fixed?" with Clemens Fuest, ifo Institute, Maurice Obstfeld, International Monetary Fund, Jens Südekum, Heinrich Heine University and Guntram Wolff, Bruegel. Chair: Jens Ulbrich, Deutsche Bundesbank.

Session 2: "Fiscal policy: a medium-term view" with Servaas Deroose, European Commission, Lars Feld, German Council of Economic Experts, Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies and Ludger Schuknecht, Federal Ministry of Finance. Chair: Rolf Strauch, European Stability Mechanism.

Session 1: "Wages and inflation in Germany" with Peter Bofinger, German Council of Economic Experts, Michael Hüther, German Economic Institute (IW), Stephan Kohns, Deutsche Bundesbank and Lucrezia Reichlin, London Business School. Chair: Poul Thomsen, International Monetary Fund

Keynote address by Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Niedersachsens weiterer Wachstumspfad wird von vielfältigem Anpassungsbedarf geprägt sein.