Topics: - The role of central bank communication in the conduct of monetary policy and in ensuring financial stability. Is the role of communication in maintaining price stability and financial stability different? What should be communicated with respect to financial stability? How should...

In response to the financial crisis of 2007-2009, a number of countries are currently reconsidering and changing the setup of their financial supervisory system. In a large number of countries, central banks will be given a more prominent role, in micro- and especially in macro-prudential...

The conference organisers invite submissions of original, theoretical and empirical papers from interested economists and researchers – whether in academia, central banks or financial institutions – covering one of the following themes: - Recent developments in retail payments and retail...

Topics: - The basics in payment and settlement systems - The central bank and market infrastructures - The Eurosystem and market infrastructures - The development of the market infrastructure for payments and securities handling - Market infrastructure - issues of common interest

The papers to be presented at the conference should address one or more of the following issues: - Global imbalances and their adjustment mechanisms; - International financial flows and their determinants; - Asset price co-movements and contagion phenomena; - Risk-sharing through the global...