Having barely recovered from the successive waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, European economies are now facing another serious shock. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that have followed have given rise to inflation rates unseen for several decades, driven primarily by higher...

Conference theme: The global economy is on an uncertain recovery path from the unprecedented pandemic recession. Policymakers need to evaluate the new macroeconomic landscape and formulate macroeconomic policy appropriately. This conference will contribute to this debate. Topics: - The...

Topics: - Decoupling of advanced and emerging countries' growth prospects - Domestic and global drivers of low growth and low interest rates: demand for safe assets, demographics, productivity growth - Government debt policy in a low interest rate environment - Secular decline in interest rates...

CANCELLED due to uncertainty related to COVID-19

The workshop will explore four main themes: - The role and design of common European fiscal instruments; - The relative roles of market discipline and fiscal rules in incentivizing good fiscal policy; - The aims and design of European fiscal rules. - The role of national independent fiscal...

The workshop will be a one-day event with high-profile speakers and discussants from academia and international institutions. The workshop will be structured in two parts. The first session will concentrate on the design of fiscal rules. The second session will focus on how to apply and enforce...

The conference will bring together leading researchers in real-time analysis of economic data and will cover topics such as real-time macro- and financial econometrics, forecasting, and macroeconomic policy analysis, among others. Topics: - Nowcasting, forecasting, and real-time monitoring of...

The workshop aims at creating a network of researchers working in closely related fields, and is primarily targeted at macroeconomists active in Belgium.