The Eurosystem has launched the investigation phase of a digital euro project. Many other jurisdictions are also exploring options for central bank digital currencies. The European Commission has announced a legislative proposal on a digital euro for early 2023. In this context, the conference...

To investigate further the questions raised by the concept of scientization, we are thus interested in contributions that study these different dynamics with an historical perspective and in different geographic areas. Questions, among others, that seem to us of great interest are: - How have...

The event will be held in a hybrid format with a small number of people joining on site and larger audience watching online. Keywords: Health economics and policy; EU Budget; EU-Finance; Finance; Emerging economies; Decarbonisation; Monetary policy; Digital economy; Innovation; COVID-19; Future of...

Topics: - Decoupling of advanced and emerging countries' growth prospects - Domestic and global drivers of low growth and low interest rates: demand for safe assets, demographics, productivity growth - Government debt policy in a low interest rate environment - Secular decline in interest rates...

This conference aims at focusing the strategic debate on the possible disruptions facing the retail payments space, and their potential impact, in the context of the more incremental transformation that is under way. The objective is to improve authorities’, academics’ and practitioners’...

Topics: - Economic and financial governance of the EU: the institutional framework; - EMU economic issues: ECB monetary policy and sovereign debt sustainability; - The Banking Union: how institutions work in practice; - Developments in EU financial markets: CMU, financial integration, digital...

Controlling inflation is the main objective of monetary policy. The low inflation rates over the past few years illustrate that stabilizing inflation is not straightforward. Recently, inflation realisations have surprised on several occasions. At the global level, inflation responses to the...

This conference will examine the process of EU economic convergence in its various forms and consider its driving factors. How can we spot the crucial trends in convergence and how can they help us understand and stimulate the process? What roles do education, structural funds and regional...

Programme: Panel 1: Scars or scratches: how damaging is the fall-out from the crisis for the real economy and the natural rate of interest? Panel 2: The financial sector and prudential policies in the new normal. Panel 3: Monetary policy beyond normalisation: objectives and instruments.