From August 21 to 23 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will host its yearly Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Celebrating the 48th year of the symposium, this year’s event will focus on the theme ‘Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity and Macroeconomic Policy.’
Currently, labor markets are seeing great structural shifts. Among the forces fueling this change are the faster-than-expected trends already present, including declining birth rates, an ageing labor force, and reduced labor mobility. Furthermore, changing the financial value and valuation of labor are new developments, like artificial intelligence’s development and regulation. The annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium will examine how these factors will affect labor markets in the years to come and how they will combine with fiscal and monetary policies.
On Thursday, August 21, at 8 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. MDT, the whole program will be available on the Kansas City Fed’s YouTube channel. On Friday, August 22, at 10 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. MDT, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Starting in 1982, the event found a fixed venue at the beautiful Jackson Lake Lodge, set amid the Grand Teton National Park of Wyoming, an area inside the Tenth Federal Reserve District under the control of the Kansas City Fed.
From a distinguished meeting, this event has developed into a worldwide-renowned venue where leading academic economists, senior Federal Reserve board members with Stephen Miran
