This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The event is a combination of lectures on the theory and methods of policy analysis and design, practical problems in modelling and forecasting and computer-based...

The topics covered in the seminar will fit within the following broad themes: - the various models of the financial regulatory architecture, including the ‘twin peaks’ model adopted for future financial regulation in the United Kingdom; - the benefits and challenges in delivering a more...

CEPR was launched in 1983. We shall mark its 30th anniversary with a two-day conference in London. There will be six themed sessions and two wide-ranging panel sessions. In each of the themed sessions, two academics will present short non-technical papers. Two or three senior current and former...

This event is an introduction to some of the techniques in Bayesian econometrics which can be useful for modelling and forecasting in central banks. It will provide an overview of the theory and then focus on practical implementation through computer-based exercises. The seminar will be taught...

The conference aims to provide a forum for debate among researchers and policy makers from around the world on the performance of banking and financial markets, financial stability and risk management, and the monetary, regulatory and institutional environment, in light of the recent financial...

In this seminar we offer central bankers with expertise in this field the opportunity to share and deepen their knowledge of the current challenges to many aspects of macroprudential policy. Topics: - the appropriate objective(s) for macroprudential policy and the various challenges to...

Program: Session A: Education Session B: Methods Session C: Labor Market & Welfare Policy Instruments Session D: Unemployment Insurance Session E: Various Topics Session F: Family

The financial crisis revealed that even a well-capitalised bank can find itself in difficulty if it does not manage its liquidity properly. Consequently, recent years have seen a great deal of theoretical and empirical research into the links between financial firm liquidity and overall...

This seminar is aimed at central bankers actively involved in developing or evaluating systemic risk assessment models, or central bankers who use systemic risk models as an input into their tasks and wish to acquire a deeper understanding of how they work. Participants should be familiar with...

The Adam Smith Institute is hosting a fringe event at Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday 1st October at 7pm at the Manchester Town Hall. Entitled "Let's give Nanny the Sack - Why consumer freedom could be a winner for the Conservative Party", panellists include Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, James...