The objective of this special IARIW-BOI conference will be to advance our understanding on the various impacts of central banks and financial markets on measures on inequality. Specific topics for which the program committee is interested in receiving proposals include: 1) Channels through which...

We introduce shocks to the availability of US dollar funding for non-US financial intermediaries in a two-country New Keynesian model with financial frictions. Such dollar shortages lead to uncovered interest rate parity deviations and have a significant negative effects on the macroeconomy....

This paper investigates how monetary expansion affects household consumption and savings through household debts. Using monetary policy cuts in China in the end of 2008 as an experiment, we find that the resulted increase in indebted households’ disposable income leads to increasing...

This workshop aims to provide a discussion forum on innovative research and to promote the exchange of views for issues related to central banking among researchers of the Bank of Albania, other central banks, academia and other research institutions. Topics of interest: - What causes inflation?...

The conference will cover a variety of themes related to upcoming macroeconomic risks and the policies needed to tackle them. These topics include (but are not limited to): - Inflation risk and monetary policy ; - Polarization within a monetary union ; - Managing global debt ; - Advances in the...

We build a tractable two-agent New Keynesian (TANK) model to jointly study four types of policy: conventional monetary policy, quantitative easing (QE), government expenditures, and lump-sum transfers. We find QE, transfers, and government spending can have the same effects on the aggregate...

Topics include but are not limited to: 1) Dos and don’ts of inflation targeting ; 2) Optimal inflation target and the natural rate of interest in economies with limited transmission ; 3) Constraints of fiscal dominance and optimal balance between fiscal and monetary policy ; 4) Policy with...

It is fundamental to analyze what happened in the post-pandemic, pushing researchers to develop novel theories and approaches for a more resilient future. CONFERENCE TRACKS 2022 - Opportunity generation and early business development - Business models (growth, performance), international...

The International Macroeconomics Workshop focuses on the role of the dollar in international finance and trade. Topics: - Dollar safety and convenience yields - Deglobalisation and the future of dollar dominance - Dollar funding and the global financial cycle - Dollar invoicing and global...

The conference will feature once more an impressive academic line-up and, as last year, will be in virtual format. The three conference sessions will tackle issues related to monetary policy, credit and financial crises, the role of financial markets in monetary policy transmission as well as...