We are interested in papers on households’ consumption, saving, housing decisions, investment and borrowing decisions, households’ reaction to uncertainty and expectations formation and disagreements about inflation, house price developments and labor income risks. The focus will be 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 meeting will be the fifth event in the annual conferences series "New Developments in Business Cycle Analysis" bringing together economists from academia and central banks focused on understanding the impact of cross-sectional heterogeneity on the macroeconomic environment, and its...

The aim of the conference is to present state-of-the-art empirical and theoretical research on households’ consumption, saving, investment and borrowing decisions, households’ reaction to uncertainty, and expectations formation. Further topics include the effects of monetary policy on...

The objective of the workshop is to present state-of-the-art empirical research on household finance using micro data. The workshop aims to bring together users of the Bundesbank’s PHF wealth survey ("Panel on Household Finances") and other household surveys to exchange ideas on how households...

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...