World’s bankers, economists gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The location was initially chosen to lure then-Fed Chair Paul Volcker — an ardent fly-fisherman — and the tradition stuck.

Some of the world’s most powerful bankers and economic thinkers will spend the next three days holed up at Jackson Lake Lodge, as they do each summer for the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual symposium.

But this year, the Tetons aren’t the only thing looming over the much-anticipated conference on monetary policy. The event comes amid slowing global growth, uncertainty around President Trump’s trade war with China, the president’s ongoing attacks on Fed policy, and growing worry over the prospect of an economic downturn.

By Cody Cottier Jackson Hole Daily