The aim of the workshop is to exchange views and share experiences related to the emerging concept of macroprudential stance, i.e. the approaches used by policymakers to formulate the macroprudential actions they take to achieve financial stability. The focus will be on the European Union and...

Topics : - Extracting signals from exchange rate movements to inform monetary policy; - Quantifying exchange rate risk premia and their driving factors; - The impact of exchange rate interventions on inflation expectations and/or inflation pass-through; - The impact of carry trade activity on...

The event will cover both theoretical and empirical analyses of the functioning of the international monetary system. The following topics are likely to be covered: - the interplay between domestic policy frameworks and the international monetary and financial system; - the role of ‘rules of...

The following topics will be covered: - credit and asset price cycles; - statistical measures of systemic risk: - Value-at-Risk (VaR) - Conditional Value-at-Risk (CoVaR) - Marginal Expected Shortfall (MES); - network models for systemic risk assessment; and - macroeconomic stress testing.

Participants are expected to address, and deliver potential answers to, a number of specific questions including, but not limited to: • Have the recent changes to the Eurozone fiscal framework been effective? • Does the Eurozone require deeper fiscal integration? • What are the benefits...

The recent crises at the global and regional levels have brought this issue to the forefront of policy debate in many parts of the world. China, for instance, has recently increased its efforts to promote the use of the renmimbi in international transactions. Eurozone countries have been...

The seminar will focus on the following topics: - risk premia in financial markets; - asset pricing; - equity premia and credit spreads; - derivatives markets and CCPs; and - the repo market.

The event is expected to cover a wide range of topics including: - extreme value theory; - linear and non-linear correlation; - Value-at-Risk; - network analysis and agent-based models; - principles of derivatives pricing with applications to interest rate and credit derivative swaps; and -...

This event is an opportunity for practitioners and academics to come together and explore new approaches to the analysis of macro-financial and macroprudential issues. It is anticipated that papers on sectoral modelling, policy regimes and co-ordination issues will be presented.

Central banks rely increasingly on the empirical analysis of financial markets to analyse the state of the economy and the impact of policy actions. This one-week event will provide a rigorous overview of the foundations of empirical finance and an exposition of selected topics vital to central...