LIVE: Federal Reserve Bank Boston Holds Conference on US Housing Market (Day 1)

Federal Reserve Bank Boston holds an economic conference on the U.S. Housing Market, particularly on the realities of the residential market, from Nov. 13 to 14.

Agenda for Day 1 (Nov. 13):
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Egon Zakrajšek
Executive Vice President and Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Susan M. Collins
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

9:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.  

Measuring the Housing Shortage

Author:
Elena Patel
Co-Director of the Urban–Brookings Tax Policy Center, Pozen Director’s Chair, and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies
Brookings Institution

Discussant:
Paul S. Willen
Principal Economist and Policy Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Moderator:
Daniel H. Cooper
Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

11:00 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Productivity Growth in Construction: Why Has It Been So Low?

Author:
Chad Syverson
George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Discussant:
Raven Saks Molloy
Deputy Associate Director
Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Moderator:
Daniel H. Cooper
Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

1:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Keynote Address

Rebecca Diamond
Martin Feldstein Professor of Economics
Harvard University

2:30 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Two Decades of Research on Housing Supply: What Have We Learned?

Author:
Albert Saiz
Daniel Rose Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Edward L. Glaeser
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics
Harvard University

Moderator:
Raphael Bostic
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

3:55 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
Panel: Local Perspectives on Housing

Panelists:
Emily Benson
Employee Success Officer
Bensonwood

Jennifer Hawkins
President and Chief Executive Officer
Avesta Housing

Jay Tuli
President
Leader Bank

Jay Ash
President and Chief Executive Officer
Massachusetts Competitive Partnership

Moderator:
Raphael Bostic
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta