WASHINGTON, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has stated that the Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Richard Byles, will be among senior bank officials from Latin America and the Caribbean discussing the region’s monetary and financial policies on Thursday, October 13.

The IDB said that Byles will be joined by his counterparts from Costa Rica and Paraguay in a panel discussion titled, “A Conversation with Central Bank Governors on Monetary and Financial Policies”.

The panel discussion forms part of the two-day and 56th meeting of the Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministers that gets underway in Washington on Wednesday, October 12.

Meanwhile, acting IDB president and executive vice president, Reina Mejía, and IDB chief economist, Eric Parrado, will address the opening ceremony.

The keynote presentation on “Federal Reserve and the Economy” will be delivered by professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, Alan Blinder.

Following his presentation, the IDB said that a conversation with ministers of finance on fiscal policy will take place. This will include the finance ministers from Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, as well as panellists.