The European Central Bank organises a biennial conference on household finance and consumption. Its objective is to foster empirical and theoretical research on the implications of household heterogeneity for the accumulation of assets and debt, consumption/saving behaviour and the transmission...

The aim of the workshop is to bring scholars together to present their current research involving expectations surveys. Contributions in the following areas are of particular interest: - factors influencing the way consumers and firms form expectations - the effect of policy measures on...

Surveys on household expectations are a prime source for supporting the analysis of financial stability, monetary policy transmission and the effects of central bank communication. The Bundesbank and Banque de France conference will bring together researchers from academia, central banks, and...

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 -...

Topics: - Household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - Housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets - Household finance, credit constraints and monetary policy - Household indebtedness and financial distress - Household finances and the financial and economic crisis - Financing...

The objective of the conference is to present research on household asset accumulation, debt, and consumption behaviour over the life cycle. The focus of the conference is on research that makes use of household survey data, with some preference for cross-country comparative analysis and for...

Topics: - Household saving, consumption and liquidity constraints - Homeownership and mortgages - Behavioral aspects of household finance: expectations, preferences and attitudes - Households’ employment histories and saving decisions - Asset allocation over the life-cycle - Household finance...