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[…]
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:[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
CfP Deadline Date: 7 June 2019 Conference Event: 28-29 August 2019 Event Location: Wellington, New Zealand Keynote Speaker(s): Dr Mary C. Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Prof Jinill Kim, Korea University Organizer(s): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the International Monetary Fund Inflation targeting has delivered low, stable inflation[…]
Conference Event: August 23-24, 2019 Event Location: Oslo, Norway Organizer(s): BI Norwegian Business School, Norges Bank, Oslo Metropolitan University, the University of Oslo, and Statistics Norway. This two-day conference promotes recent advances in macroeconomics with heterogeneity. Particular attention will be devoted to production, firms, and taxation. Topics include, but are not limited to: • The[…]
CfP Deadline Date: June 15, 2019 Conference Event: October 25, 2019 Event Location: The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Vienna, Austria Organizer(s): The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Central Bank Research Association Policy-relevant submissions are being sought on the potential use cases of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial markets and resulting[…]
CfP Deadline Date: August 24, 2019 Conference Event: November 22, 2019 Event Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Keynote Speaker(s): Organizer(s): Luxembourg School of Finance at the University of Luxembourg Denitsa Stefanova (University of Luxembourg) Diane Pierret (University of Lausanne) The Luxembourg School of Finance at the University of Luxembourg and AFFECT are jointly organizing the fourth[…]
CfP Deadline Date: August 24, 2019 Conference Event: November 22, 2019 Event Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Keynote Speaker(s): Organizer(s): Luxembourg School of Finance at the University of Luxembourg Denitsa Stefanova (University of Luxembourg) Diane Pierret (University of Lausanne) The Luxembourg School of Finance at the University of Luxembourg and AFFECT are jointly organizing the fourth[…]