The Fourteenth New York Fed / NYU Stern Conference on Financial Intermediation

CfP Deadline Date: July 12, 2019 Conference Event: November 1, 2019 Event Location: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the USA Organizer(s): the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Salomon Center of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. The goal of this conference is to enhance interaction among researchers interested[…]

Sources of Structural Systemic Risk in the Financial System: Identification and Measurement

Conference Event: July 3, 2019 Event Location: Česká Národní Banka, Prague, Czech Republic  Organizer(s): Preventing and mitigating systemic risk is a key objective for macroprudential authorities. The structural dimension of systemic risk encompasses characteristics of the financial sector that can make it more vulnerable to adverse financial shocks and amplify their effects. Structural systemic risks[…]

7th UECE Conference on Economic and Financial Adjustments

CfP Deadline Date: June 15, 2019 Conference Event: September 13, 2019 Event Location: SEG/UL – School of Economics and Management/Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Keynote Speaker(s): Javier Perez (Banco de España) Organizer(s): UECE (Research Unit on Complexity and Economics), REM and ISEG We invite submissions addressing notably the following issues: economic and financial adjustments; economic[…]

SNB-FRB-BIS High-Level Conference on Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility

CfP Deadline Date: June 15, 2019 Conference Event: November 12-13, 2019 Event Location: SNB, Zurich, Switzerland Organizer(s): The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Division of International Finance of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) The world faces profound economic, financial, and political uncertainties, but it is unclear to what[…]

SNB-FRB-BIS High-Level Conference on Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility

CfP Deadline Date: June 15, 2019 Conference Event: November 12-13, 2019 Event Location: SNB, Zurich, Switzerland Organizer(s): The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Division of International Finance of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) The world faces profound economic, financial, and political uncertainties, but it is unclear to what[…]

June 2019: Worldbank Global Economic Prospects report

Global growth has continued to soften this year. Subdued investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is dampening potential growth prospects. Risks to the outlook remain firmly on the downside, including the possibility of escalating trade tensions. Another concern is rising debt, which may make it difficult for EMDEs to respond to adverse developments[…]

June 2019: New VoxEU Column – Sound at last? Assessing a decade of financial regulation: A new eBook

While the decade since the Global Crisis has seen clear improvements in financial regulation and supervision, there is still work to be done in several crucial areas, and political constraints may bite.This column introduces the first report in a new series on ‘The Future of Banking’, which tackles three important areas of post-crisis regulatory reform:[…]

Financial frictions: Macroeconomic implications and policy options for emerging economies

CfP Deadline Date:November 15, 2019Conference Event:March 19‐20, 2020 Event Location:Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, Chile Organizer(s):The Financial Stability and Development Network of Central Banks of the Research Department of the Inter‐American Development Bank (IDB) and the Central Bank of Chile Topics for the conference include (but are not limited to) the following: Financial frictions and[…]

1st Finance and Productivity (FINPRO)

CfP Deadline Date: July 31, 2019 Conference Event: December 2-3, 2019 Event Location: EBRD, London, United Kingdom Keynote Speaker(s): Kalina Manova (University College London) and Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland) Organizer(s): The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Finance department at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research[…]

1st Finance and Productivity (FINPRO)

CfP Deadline Date: July 31, 2019 Conference Event: December 2-3, 2019 Event Location: EBRD, London, United Kingdom Keynote Speaker(s): Kalina Manova (University College London) and Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (University of Maryland) Organizer(s): The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Finance department at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research[…]