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ECB Forum on Central Banking 2022

Challenges for monetary policy in a rapidly changing world

27-29 June 2022, Sintra, Portugal
Conference moderation: Claire Jones, Financial Times

Conference proceedings of the 2022 ECB Forum
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Programme

All times are local (CET-1)

Monday, 27 June 2022
18:30

Opening reception and dinner

Welcome remarks

Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank

Dinner hosted by the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

Dinner speech

A conversation on “Threats to financial stability” with Hélène Rey and Richard Portes, Professors of Economics, London Business School

Moderated by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
9:00

Introductory speech

Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank

9:30

Session 1: Globalisation and labour markets in the post-pandemic economy

Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Paper: “Globotics and macroeconomics: Globalisation and automation of the service sector”

Richard Baldwin, Professor, Graduate Institute Geneva

Discussant: Barbara Petrongolo, Professor, University of Oxford

 

Session 2: Energy price volatility and energy sources in Europe

Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

Paper: “The effect of rising energy prices amid geopolitical developments and supply disruptions”

Hilde C. Bjørnland, Professor, BI Norwegian Business School

Discussant: Christian Zinglersen, Director, European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

11:30

Coffee break and poster session for the Young Economist Prize

12:00

Panel 1: Central bank digital currencies and the digital euro project

Chair: Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

  • Ulrich Bindseil, Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central Bank
  • Markus K. Brunnermeier, Professor, Princeton University
  • Neha Narula, Director, Digital Currency Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
  • Cecilia Skingsley, First Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank
13:30

Lunch

18:30

Reception and dinner hosted by the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
8:45

Session 3: Real estate boom-bust cycles and monetary policy

Chair: Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank

Paper: “Real estate booms and busts: Implications for monetary and macroprudential policy in Europe”

John Muellbauer, Professor, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Discussant: Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Deputy Director Research, International Monetary Fund

 

Session 4: Global value chains, supply bottlenecks and international trade

Chair: Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank

Paper: “Global supply chain pressures, international trade and inflation”

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Professor, University of Maryland (together with Julian di Giovanni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Álvaro Silva, University of Maryland, and Muhammed Yıldırım, Harvard University)

Discussant: Gabriel Felbermayr, Director, Austrian Institute of Economic Research

10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Panel 2: The role of inflation expectations in monetary policymaking

Chair: Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank

12:45

Lunch

14:00

Policy panel

  • Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
  • Agustín Carstens, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
  • Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
  • Jerome Powell, Chair, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Moderator: Francine Lacqua, Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Television

15:30

Award ceremony for the Young Economist Prize

 

Closing remarks

Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank

 

Group photo (all participants)

18:30

Reception and dinner hosted by the Banco de Portugal

This programme may be subject to change without notice.

Audiovisual notice: The entire event will be live streamed, recorded and published on the ECB’s website shortly after the conference. Journalists will be present and will report on the event.

General information

Conference language

English

Contacts

ECB Forum on Central Banking
Forum secretariat

+39 377 979 2264 info@ecbforum.eu
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