This year’s programme is going to reflect the diversity of current and innovative topics, including traditional areas of research such as money market and payment behaviour analysis as well as latest trends in the payments landscape among which virtual currencies and instant payments. We...

Topics: - the evaluation of macroprudential tools and unconventional monetary policy on financial institutions ‐ the effects of financial market regulation on the real economy ‐ the impact of regulation on competition among banks and other financial institutions ‐ the market entrance and...

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...

As from 4 November 2014, the ECB was mandated the role to supervise centrally the financial stability of systemically relevant financial institutions based in participating countries. The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is the first established part of the EU Banking Union (EBU) and will...

This year's forum and discussions will touch upon themes such as the relevance of micro data for evidence-based policymaking; big data and micro-data hubs; statistics on a from-whom-to-whom basis; macroeconomic impacts of natural resources; and measuring material conditions. The conference is by...

The conference brings together leading academics, central bankers and bank supervisors, and features keynote speakers Darrell Duffie (Stanford University) and Richard Berner (US Office of Financial Research). Questions for discussion will include: - How do global interconnections arise, and what...

Topics: - the evolution of bank business models and risk-taking preferences in response to regulatory change (Basel III) - the implications of the zero bound problem for (SME) lending choices - the existence of multiple policy objectives and private vs government lending - the challenges...

Papers (in English) covering the following subjects and related areas are welcome. - Function of RTGS systems - Risks in payments and settlement systems - Interdependencies between different financial market infrastructures - Crisis indicators in payments and settlement systems - Liquidity...

The crisis experienced in recent years has had a transformative impact on economic thinking, public opinion vis-à-vis the financial system and our economic order per se, prompting a widespread debate. Central banks are also caught up in this process, as are perceptions of the role they play....