International and Monetary Economics Network

EBF has partnered with the Institute for Law and Finance (Goethe University Frankfurt) for the 13th Conference on the Future of the Financial Sector, which will be held on Friday, January 24, 2025. This hybrid event, hosted at the Westend Campus of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, will focus on the factors contributing to bank disintermediation and its consequences. There will be separate panels exploring: ➡︎ The rise of non-bank financial institutions ➡︎ The potential impact of central bank digital currencies ➡︎ The effects of regulatory reform ➡︎ The impact of disintermediation on monetary policy transmission Engage with leading experts from both the public and private sectors, including Lord Hill, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, and Wim Mijs, CEO of the European Banking Federation. Secure your spot now! 🖇️ Find out more about the conference: https://lnkd.in/drJd3_hS

Reminder: Submission Deadline for ifo Dresden Workshop on Macroeconomics and International Finance Submit your papers for the ifo Dresden Workshop on Macroeconomics and International Finance, held on April 3 - 4, 2025, in Dresden. The submission deadline is January 15, 2025. Topics include financial stability, exchange rates and capital flows, monetary policy in a high-inflation environment, and more. Feel free to share the Call for Papers with colleagues who may be interested. https://lnkd.in/e_zcxRGd Stefan Eichler Robert Czudaj Robert Lehmann Alexander Schmid ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Just when you thought 'R-Star Wars' could not get any more interesting, a new contender joins the fray: 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑹-𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓! This measure, from Marijn Bolhuis, Jakree Koosakul, and Neil Shenai, is very timely given the outlook for budget deficits. In this clip, Marijin explains what is Fiscal R-Star. Full transcript here: https://lnkd.in/dqqtmCjJ

#GerzenseeSeasons New Year’s Post 2025 From the Study Center in Gerzensee we wish you a prosperous 2025! We are looking forward to an exciting new year of academic activity! We have planned an attractive program of #CentralBankersCourses for central bank staff with 175 selected participants from 78 central banks all over the world. We will offer three courses for mid-level managers on Monetary Policy & Exchange Rates, Banking Regulation, and Financial Markets. We will also offer three courses for analysts and researchers on Empirical Finance, Monetary Economics, and Macroeconomic Forecasting. The 2024/2025 edition of our #SwissProgramforBeginningDoctoralStudents in Economics is well underway with 30 students from 9 universities. We eagerly anticipate the return of all students as well as our outstanding lecturers. Professor Fernando Alvarez (University of Chicago) will be the first lecturer to visit Gerzensee in the new year! We are delighted  to announce our 2025 Program of #AdvancedCoursesinEconomics with courses on Causal Inference, Development Economics, Economic Growth, Bayesian Financial Econometrics; Mechanism Design, Monetary & Fiscal Policy with Heterogenous Agents, and Household Finance. PhD students, faculty members and research economists are welcome to apply here: https://lnkd.in/dK4QMzEc Our 2025 Program of #LawandEconomicsCourses will include courses on consumer contracts and evidence-based research. PhD students, faculty members and research economists are welcome to apply! This spring we will host a Conference on Financial Intermediation jointly organized with Bank for International Settlements – BIS, CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research and SFI Swiss Finance Institute. The preliminary program is available here: https://lnkd.in/dqyMHSxj In October we will host our biannual Conference on #Macroeconomics, co-organized with the Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the Schweizerische Nationalbank. Don’t miss our call for papers, which will be out soon. We especially look forward to welcoming researchers attending symposia and workshops we host for our partner research networks: CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research and the SFI Swiss Finance Institute. Looking forward to seeing you! Visit our website for program infos and follow us on LinkedIn Study Center Gerzensee to stay informed on future events: https://szgerzensee.ch/ #Gerzensee #TimeforEconomists

The OECD expects the US economy to grow by 2.4% in 2025. But economic policy uncertainty is high. What do you expect?

Fantastic news! Tomorrow, my book Monetary Economics and Policy, published by Princeton University Press, will officially be released. I’m thrilled to share that it’s already among the top 5 bestsellers in the Banking and Macroeconomics categories on Amazon US during pre-sales! This book provides a unified theoretical framework for understanding the foundations of modern currency systems. It delves into how central banks formulate policy and addresses the challenges posed by digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, and private liquidity. I also explore how central banks can control inflation and stabilize economies during extraordinary times, including liquidity traps and financial crises, by using unconventional tools such as quantitative and credit easing, forward guidance, helicopter money. The book further examines the causes of inflation and hyperinflation, shedding light on some of the most debated topics in monetary economics and offering a historical perspective on both long-standing and emerging issues. Princeton University Press, Universität Bern

Enjoy international economic policy issues and have a interest in economic diplomacy? We are looking for motivated staff to help support the hosting of the G20 and G7 in 2026 and 2027 in the United States. Come join our team!

You still have time to submit to the MoFiR Workshop in Banking 2025 in beautiful Singapore. Deadline: 6 January Dates: 2-3 June 2025 at NUS Business School and INSEAD Keynote: Amir Sufi (Chicago Booth) Send your papers!

Submit your paper to the Journal of Economic Geography Special Issue on Rethinking the Economic Geography of Global Value Chains: theory, methods, data and policy edited with Riccardo Crescenzi Submission of extended abstracts (around 3,000 words covering innovative contribution, research questions, methods and data in detail): February 14th, 2025 https://lnkd.in/dimnhmdK