The economic environment for monetary policy has been in a state of flux for an extended period of time. Years of low inflation and low policy interest rates were followed by the recent episode of high inflation and vulnerable growth. Both policy makers and researchers may need to revisit their...

The conference will focus on the new global challenges for international fiscal and monetary policy. Just three years after the recent pandemic, policy makers are confronted with a new set of global challenges. These include increasing geoeconomic fragmentation, regional conflicts and climate...

The conference provides a venue for research using firm and plant-level data on a wide range of topics, disciplines and countries. It is unique meeting place for producers and users of these data including statisticians, survey methodologists, economists, sociologists, and other social...

TOPICS We solicit theoretical and empirical papers on the interactions between sovereign bond markets and conventional and unconventional monetary policy, regulation, fiscal policy, foreign exchange, and the macroeconomy in inflationary times. Topics of interest include (but are not limited...

The abrupt end of the low-interest-rate period together with the rise in inflation and the disruptions caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine fundamentally change the business environment for financial intermediaries. Technological advances and new climate-related risks also put...

ETSG conferences are open to any researcher with an interest in international trade issues.

We invite submissions addressing notably the following issues: economic and financial adjustments; economic imbalances; country issues; challenges to monetary policy and fiscal policies.

The ECB Forum on Central Banking brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.

Topics: - How firms react to trade shocks - How trade shocks propagate across markets within firms - How trade policies affect the behavior of firms - The role of firm networks in international markets - How trade shocks affect firms’ modes of serving foreign markets - How trade shocks affect...