Introduction

Public

In December 1978 the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis was host to a conference entitled "Models of Monetary Economies," and this volume contains the papers presented and discussed at that conference. They will be found in part 1, along with the comments of the appointed discussants. The volume also contains several papers that were not presented at the conference. Long before the conference began, and again at its conclusion, conference participants were invited to submit notes or longer papers for inclusion in the conference volume. And, happily, some obliged. Their contributions will be found in part 2.