The focus of the Conference is on research that makes use of household level data, with a special interest in the data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Topics: - household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets -...

The workshop will focus on labour supply, education and wages during the recovery, with an emphasis on micro/macro linkages. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions. Research topics of particular relevance to the conference include the following: - the determinants of labour...

Conference themes: - Digital transformation of retail payments – instant payments, payment initiation services, mobile payments and digital wallets, - Transformation fostered by technological innovation – distributed ledger technologies, virtual currencies and evolution of correspondent...

This conference will bring together policymakers and researchers and invite them to discuss the possibilities and challenges of narrative-based studies on the effectiveness of macroprudential policies. Topics: - Data sources on the use of macroprudential instruments: best practices in...

Topics: - structural changes in money markets (including repo markets) and their implications for monetary policy implementation, - the evolution of central bank balance sheets and its impact on their role in monetary policy implementation and on money markets (including money market...

The theme of this year’s conference is “The Global Financial Cycle.” The Program Committee welcomes empirical and theoretical studies on a wide range of issues related to the theme of the conference. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): - The global financial cycle and policy...

Topics: - operational issues related to the implementation of micro- and macroprudential regulation, - challenges for banking supervision in an environment of low interest rates, including business models, credit risk (with a focus on NPLs and concentration) and risk management, - linkages...

The Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, parliamentarians, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organizations and...

Topics: - productivity and sectoral allocation, - endogenous labour supply and structural transformation, - the role of services and intangibles in productivity dynamics, - the importance of the quality of institutions for different sectors, - sectoral reallocation and income inequality, -...

Topics: - The transmission of non-standard monetary policy measures and their effects on market functioning, financial markets and the real economy, - The interaction of non-standard monetary policy measures with standard monetary policy, fiscal policy, macro- and microprudential regulation, -...