• World Economic Update Series

  January 1, 2000 - Present

  A spirited exchange among chief economists and leading financial analysts, the WEU highlights the quarter's most important signals and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their implications for U.S. policy.

  
  

   

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  Publications

  

  November 13, 2008

  Supersize the IMF

  Author:	Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics

  The financial insurance scheme known as the IMF has not kept up with the volume of capital flooding through the world's system. Sebastian Mallaby argues that it is time to radically update this insurance scheme and that government commitments to the IMF should be tripled.

   

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  Meetings

  World Economic Update – Special Edition: "After Greenspan"

  General Meeting

  
  January 31, 2006

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Speakers:	Alan S. Blinder, G. S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics, Princeton University and former Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
  	John P. Lipsky, Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Investment Bank
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

  8:00 – 8:20 a.m. Breakfast
  8:20 – 9:30 a.m. Meeting
  Please note special time.

  *This meeting will be on the record.
  

  Transcript: World Economic Update: After Greenspan
  Audio: World Economic Update: After Greenspan (audio)
  Video: World Economic Update: After Greenspan (video)

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  November 8, 2005

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Speakers:	Peter Hooper, Managing Director & Chief U.S. Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  	Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank of America
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

  8:00-8:20 a.m. Breakfast
  8:20-9:30 a.m. Meeting

  **This meeting will be on the record.
  *Please note special time.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  June 30, 2005

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	William C. Dudley, Partner & Chief U.S. Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.
  	John P. Lipsky, Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan Investment Bank

  *This meeting will be on the record.

   

  World Economic Update: Conference Edition - Whither the Dollar?

  Conference Panel Session

  
  March 11, 2005

  Related Projects: 2005 Corporate Conference, World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Ethan Harris, Managing Director & Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley

   

  Transition 2005: World Economic Update Special Edition - The Administration’s Economic In-Box

  General Meeting

  
  January 28, 2005

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia Business School
  	Alan S. Blinder, G. S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics, Princeton University

  **This meeting will be on-the-record.

  The Transition 2005 Series will examine foreign policy challenges and options facing the new Bush administration.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  January 28, 2005

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Alan S. Blinder, G. S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics, Princeton University
  	R. Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia Business School

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  October 19, 2004

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	Peter Hooper, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

  **This meeting is on-the-record

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  June 2, 2004

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Geogetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Banc of America Securities LLC
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

  **This meeting is on-the-record**

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  March 4, 2004

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	William C. Dudley, Managing Director & Chief US Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  	David Resler, Chief Economist, Nomura Securities
  	Peter Hooper, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  December 4, 2003

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	William C. Dudley, Managing Director & Chief U.S. Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	Ian Morris, Chief U.S. Economist, HSBC

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  September 30, 2003

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist & Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase

  This call will be available on replay until October 14. For instructions on how to listen to the replay, please call the Corporate Program office at 212-434-9684.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  June 17, 2003

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	Lewis Alexander, Managing Director, Citigroup
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  April 4, 2003

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	William C. Dudley, Managing Director and Chief US Economist, Goldman, Sachs and Company
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley and Co.
  	Ethan Harris, Chief U.S. Economist, Lehman Brothers

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  January 10, 2003

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley
  	Maury Harris, Managing Director and Chief Economist for the Americas, UBS Warburg
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  October 3, 2002

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley and Co.
  	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.
  	Peter Hooper, Managing Director, Chief U.S. Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities

   

  World Economic Update

  General Meeting

  
  June 5, 2002

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan & Chase Co.

   

  World Economic Update (DC)

  General Meeting

  
  May 30, 2002

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	William C. Dudley, Managing Director & Chief U.S. Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  	David R. Malpass, Chief Global Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co.

   

  World Economic Update IX

  General Meeting

  
  March 27, 2002

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist & Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  	William C. Dudley, Vice President & Senior Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Company

   

  World Economic Update VIII

  General Meeting

  
  January 17, 2002

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist & Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  	William Duddley, Vice President & Senior Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Company

   

  World Economic Update VII

  General Meeting

  
  December 11, 2001

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist & Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  	William C. Dudley, Vice President & Senior Economist, Goldman, Sachs & Company

   

  World Economic Update VI

  General Meeting

  
  October 5, 2001

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Diane Swonk, Director of Economics, Chief Economist, and Senior Vice President, Bank One
  	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics Analysis, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company

  Transcript: World Economic Update -- October 5, 2001

   

  World Economic Update V

  General Meeting

  
  April 12, 2001

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  	David R. Malpass, Chief International Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase Corporation

   

  World Economic Update IV

  General Meeting

  
  November 17, 2000

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, The Chase Manhattan Corporation
  	David R. Malpass, Chief International Economist, Bear Sterns & Co.

  This meeting will be on the record.

   

  World Economic Update: Emerging Markets 2000

  General Meeting

  
  April 18, 2000

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, The Chase Manhattan Corporation
  	David R. Malpass, Chief International Economist, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.

  This event will be on the record.

   

  World Economic Update—The State of the World Economy

  General Meeting

  
  January 11, 2000

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, the Chase Manhattan Corporation
  	David R. Malpass, Chief International Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

  This meeting will be On the Record.

   

  World Economic Update Series

  General Meeting

  
  October 19, 1999

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch &Co., Inc.
  	Gail D. Fosler, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, The Conference Board
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, The Chase Manhattan Corporation

  This meeting will be on the record.

  Launching this year's World Economic Update Series, Dan Tarullo, Bruce Steinberg, John Lipsky, and Gail Fosler assess the health of the global economy, risks ahead, and prospects for Russia's economic recovery.

  Part of the Council's ongoing inquiry into the foreign policy implications of the international economy, this series gathers leading chief economists and market watchers for the Wall Street view on the financial repercussions of breaking news around the world.

  Transcript: World Economic Update -- December 1, 1999

   

  World Economic Update III

  General Meeting

  
  May 25, 1999

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Linda J. Wachner Senior Fellow of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy, Council of Foreign Relations
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist and Managing Director, The Chase Manhattan Bank
  	Arturo C. Porzecanski, Managing Director and Americas Chief Economist, ING Baring

  Transcript: World Economic Update -- May 25, 1999

   

  World Economic Update II

  General Meeting

  
  February 17, 1999

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo, Linda J. Wachner Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Economic Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
  Speakers:	Roger M. Kubarych, Managing Member & Chief Investment Officer, Kaufman & Kubarych Advisors, LLC
  	Maureen Allyn, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist, The Chase Manhattan Bank; Director, Chase Global Bank

  Transcript: World Economic Update -- February 17, 1999

   

  World Economic Update I

  General Meeting

  
  November 17, 1998

  Related Project: World Economic Update Series

  Presider:	Daniel K. Tarullo
  Speakers:	Bruce Steinberg, Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
  	David M. Jones, Vice Chairman, Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., Inc.
  	John P. Lipsky, Chief Economist, The Chase Manhattan Bank; Director of Research, Chase Global Bank

  Transcript: World Economic Update -- November 17, 1998

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• New CFR Books

  

  In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

  

  In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.

  

  America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.

  Complete list of CFR Books.

  New Council Special Reports

  
  

  Congo: Securing Peace, Sustaining Progress

  This report lays out a thoughtful agenda for U.S. policy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that what happens there should matter to the United States--for humanitarian reasons as well as economic and strategic ones.

  Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism

  In this report, CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi analyzes the potential use of deterrence in preventing terrorist groups from acquiring nuclear weapons and recommends a new approach to U.S. declaratory policy, as well as ways to improve U.S. capabilities to determine the sources of terrorist attacks.

  Complete list of Council Special Reports.

  David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

  For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:

  Gary Samore
  Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
  +1.212.434.9627
  gsamore@cfr.org

  Sebastian Mallaby
  Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics
  smallaby@cfr.org

  Janine Hill
  Deputy Director of Studies Administration
  +1.212.434.9753
  jhill@cfr.org

   

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