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Videoconference presentation:

Interim Report on the Economic Outlook
for major world economies

Presentation
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
OECD Chief Economist,

Tuesday, March 31 2009
OECD Washington Center
2001 L Street NW, Suite 650
Washington DC, 20036
9:00-10:00 AM Presentation, 8:30 AM Registration

While the series is free of charge, space is limited. 
We ask you to please register by Monday, March 30.

Event Description:

The OECD Washington Center invites you to join us for an exclusive live video conference with the OECD’s Chief Economist Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel who will be taking questions and comments on a new Interim Economic Outlook.
This report will be published two days before the G20 Summit in London, and will focus on the G7 nations, the euro area, the major emerging-market economies and the OECD countries as a whole. 

In addition to its general analysis and forecasts for GDP, unemployment, inflation and public finances, the Interim Economic Outlook will assess the recent fiscal stimulus packages announced by governments to tackle the economic crisis.

Biographies:

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel took up the position of OECD Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department in September 2008.  A national of both Germany and Chile, he spent the previous 12 years as Chief of Economic Research at the Central Bank of Chile.  Before that he was Principal Economist in the Research Department of the World Bank. Since 2004 Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel is Full Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Chile. In 2007-2008 he was President of the Chilean Economic Association. He has worked closely with international organizations (IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCO, UN, IPRI, AERC and others), central banks (New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Costa Rica), governments, and universities, providing key policy advice on a wide array of topics ranging from macroeconomics and growth policies, to pension systems and capital market reforms, institutional organization and policy design.  Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel has been widely published in the field of macroeconomics, monetary policy, international finance, economic growth, and development.  He speaks fluent Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, and basic French.  Mr. Schmidt-Hebbel holds a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MA in Economics from the Catholic University of Chile.

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