The theme of this year’s conference is “Global Trends in Financial Intermediation, Financial Markets, and Financial Modeling”. The Conference aims to provide a forum for discussion among academics, researchers and policy makers from around the world on the performance of banking and...

This is an intensive week-long event, which comprises a series of lectures and practical sessions. The sessions will cover: - the objectives of monetary policy and optimal policy under commitment and discretion; - important estimation techniques; - financial market data and monetary policy; -...

The aim of this workshop is to allow those responsible for the design and implementation of such policies to deepen their theoretical understanding of monetary operations and to compare and contrast experiences with their peers. The following topics will be covered: - current state of monetary...

The event is expected to cover a wide range of topics including: - extreme value theory; - linear and non-linear correlation; - value at risk; - network analysis and agent-based models; - principles of derivatives pricing with applications to interest rate and credit derivative swaps; and -...

The workshop is for PhD students and other researchers using lab-in-the field experiments in developing countries, with an interest in, but not limited to, social preferences. Presentations by expert academics with strong field experience discuss the why and how of lab-in-the field experiments,...

The STEPS Centre Summer School on pathways to sustainability aim to bring together an exceptional group of people who are exploring and developing ideas on pathways to sustainability. Through a mix of lectures, walks, discussions and public events, participants will challenge the STEPS team and...

This event will analyse developing approaches to business model analysis for financial supervision, giving an opportunity to share ideas and expertise. The following key topics are likely to be covered: - approaches to business model analysis for banks, insurers and significant investment...

Central banks rely increasingly on the empirical analysis of financial markets and the information contained therein to analyse the state of the economy and the impact of policy actions. This one-week event will provide a rigorous overview of the foundations of empirical finance and an...

The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: - the appropriate objectives for macroprudential policy and the various challenges to operationalise it; - a review of the various macroprudential instruments to manage network and procyclicality risks, and...

This one-week seminar will introduce central bankers to economic modelling techniques for monetary policy purposes by reviewing various modelling approaches: theoretical models of the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) type and estimated time-series models, including (semi) structural...