2020 Federal Reserve Stress Testing Research Conference

CfP Deadline Date: June 12, 2020 Conference Event: October 8-9, 2020 Event Location: Online Keynote Speaker(s): Tobias Adrian (Financial Counsellor of the IMF and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department) Organizer(s): The Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve invites researchers to submit academic research papers to be considered for presentation at a conference[…]

CEPR Discussion Paper: Bank Resolution Regimes and Systemic Risk

Author(s): Thorsten Beck, Deyan Radev, Isabel Schnabel Date: May 2020 Abstract: We assess the ability of bank resolution frameworks to deal with systemic banking fragility. Using a novel and detailed database on bank resolution regimes in 22 member countries of the Financial Stability Board, we show that systemic risk, as measured by △CoVaR, increases more[…]

16th Annual Central Bank Conference on the Microstructure of Financial Markets

CfP Deadline Date:May 15, 2020 t.b.a. Conference Event:November 2-3, 2020 rescheduled to October 7-8, 2021 Event Location:Zurich, Switzerland Keynote speaker(s):Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris) and Robert Almgren (Quantitative Broker) Organizer(s):Swiss National Bank (SNB) The Swiss National Bank will host the 16th Annual Central Bank Conference on the Microstructure of Financial Markets on November 2-3, 2020. This[…]

Covid-19, Real Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy

CfP Deadline Date: May 15th, 2020 Conference Event: January 3-5, 2021 Event Location: Chicago, IL, USA Organizer(s): Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA) The session aims to bring together top researchers from academia, central banks, and other policy institutions to present the latest research findings related to COVID-19, real uncertainty and monetary policy. Further Information: Authors[…]

2020 Financial Stability Conference: Stress, Contagion, and Transmission

CfP Deadline Date: June 30, 2020 Conference Event: November 19-20, 2020 Event Location: Cleveland, OH, USA Online Conference Organizer(s): Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of Financial Research invite the submission of research and policy-oriented papers for the 2020 Financial Stability[…]

April 2020: New BIS Bulletin – Dollar funding costs during the Covid-19 crisis through the lens of the FX swap market

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, indicators of dollar funding costs in foreign exchange markets have risen sharply, reflecting both demand and supply factors. The demand for dollar funding has grown in recent years, reflecting the currency hedging needs of corporates and portfolio investors outside the United States. Against this backdrop, the financial turbulence[…]

April 2020: New IMF Blog Article – COVID-19 Crisis Poses Threat to Financial Stability

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented human and health crisis. The measures necessary to contain the virus have triggered an economic downturn. At this point, there is great uncertainty about its severity and length. The latest Global Financial Stability Report shows that the financial system has already felt a dramatic impact, and a further intensification[…]