The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Presents

Brown Bag Luncheon
20 June 2023 at 12:00
Naomi Fink on inflation and retirement
20 June 2023 at 12:00 at Temple University Japan Room 401

 
      
Speaker

Naomi Fink, Europacifica Consulting

Moderator    

Robert Dujarric, Temple University Japan

Overview

A theoretical Framework on Inflation and Retirement:

Improvements in longevity as well as declining fertility rates have led to an aging demographic across developed nations. These tendencies, alongside several decades of low inflation have led to shifts in pension and retirement policies across developed nations. It goes without saying that Retirement security remains a shared concern, one that has heightened as inflation has returned to the global landscape, adding further uncertainty to the financial security of retirees. From a policy perspective, monetary policy is the most blunt tool within the macroeconomic toolkit whereas retirement has increasingly become a household-level savings, investment and decumulation problem. Given the dependency of policy on inflation expectations and that of inflation expectations on household-level decision-making, we present elements of an incipient framework that may be used to integrate household and firm-level decision making into the contemporary macroeconomic policy toolkit.

Access

RSVP not necessary. For questions email: icas@tuj.temple.edu

Room 401

Temple University Japan Campus/ テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパス

1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

東京都世田谷区太子堂1-14-29

Exact location of the entrance:

Enter "35.642317133254295, 139.6738373586528" in the Google Maps search box.

Metro: Sangenjaya Station/三軒茶屋駅. Exit South A/南口A

Maps/Directions:

https://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo (English)

https://www.tuj.ac.jp/jp/maps/tokyo (Japanese)

Speaker Profile

Naomi Fink is a high-profile economist, currently serving as Chairperson of the Retirement Security Research Center at the Employee Benefit Research Institute in Washington DC and CEO and Founder of Europacifica Consulting. Naomi has over 25 years of financial industry experience across asset classes, sectors, and geographies. Most recently, Naomi spent six years leading economic research on retirement-related topics, including savings, investment, income, demographics, and health with The Capital Group. In 2013, Naomi founded Europacifica Consulting, a Los Angeles based global economic and strategy consultancy. Prior to founding Europacifica, Naomi held the position of chief Japan Strategist and Senior Vice President at Jefferies Japan Limited. Before that, Ms. Fink held chief strategist roles across a variety of markets and asset classes at global banks, including Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ and BNP Paribas. Ms. Fink holds an MSc in Specialized Economic Analysis (Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets) from Barcelona GSE, an M.A. Honours from the University of St. Andrews, and was nominated to the Japan Society of Monetary Economics in 2014. Naomi is also an FRM charter-holder and fellow of Coro's Women in Leadership program, a Board member of Coro Southern California and of the National Association of Business Economics (LA Chapter). Naomi is fluent in Japanese, French and Spanish.