ECB Conference on Monetary Policy 2026: bridging science and practice
Monday, 5 and Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Frankfurt am Main
Hybrid event
The 9th Conference on Monetary Policy will feature once more an impressive academic line-up and will be held as a hybrid event. The three conference sessions will tackle issues related to monetary policy, including the role of financial markets and financial intermediaries in monetary policy transmission, and with relation to the current situation of elevated economic and geopolitical uncertainty. A special session will be showcasing monetary policy related research by young economists.
Speakers at the ECB Conference on Monetary Policy 2026Programme
Times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
* indicates the presenter
- 09:30-10:00
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Registration and coffee
- 10:00-11:00
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Keynote speech: Monetary policy at the ECB
Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
- 11:00-11:30
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Coffee break
- 11:30-13:00
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Session 1
Monetary policy and inflationChair: Sujit Kapadia, European Central Bank
- 11:30-12:15
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Productivity and Inflation Dynamics
Jenny Chan*, Bank of England
Co-Authors: Silvana Terneyro, Ludovica Ambrosino
Discussant: Evi Pappa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- 12:15-13:00
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Risks and Uncertainty in Monetary Policy
Domenico Giannone*, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Juan Rubio-Ramírez, Emory University
- 13:00-14:30
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Buffet lunch
- 14:30-16:00
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Session 2
Monetary policy, credit and bankingChair: Carlo Altavilla, European Central Bank
- 14:30-15:15
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Dynamic Competition for Sleepy Deposits
Adi Sunderam*, Harvard Business School
Co-Authors: Mark Egan, Ali Hortacsu, Nathan Kaplan, and Vincent Yao
Discussant: Simone Lenzu, Cambridge University
- 15:15-16:00
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Bank Runs with and without Failure
Stephan Luck*, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Co-Authors: Sergio Correia, Emil Verner
Discussant: Elena Carletti, Bocconi University
- 16:00-16:30
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Coffee break
- 16:30-17:30
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Keynote speech:
Valery Ramey, Stanford University
Chair: Roberto Motto, European Central Bank
- 17:30
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Closing remarks and end of day 1
- 18:30-19:00
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Reception
- 19:00-21:00
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Dinner
- 08:30-09:00
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Registration and coffee
- 09:00-10:30
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Session 3
Monetary policy and financial marketsChair: Simone Manganelli, European Central Bank
- 09:00-09:45
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Interest Rate Surprises When the Fed Doesn’t Speak
Silvia Miranda-Agrippino*, Oxford University
Co-Author: John C. Williams
Discussant: Peter Karadi, European Central Bank
- 09:45-10:30
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Kalshi and the Rise of Macro Markets
Jonathan Wright*, Johns Hopkins University
Co-Authors: Anthony M. Diercks, Jared Dean Katz
Discussant: Christian Brownlees, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- 10:30-10:45
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Coffee break
- 10:45-11:45
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Session 4
Young EconomistsChair: Luc Laeven, European Central Bank
- 10:45-11:05
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The Effect of QE and Regulation on the Structure of the Financial System
Ciaran Rogers, HEC Paris
- 11:05-11:25
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Reading Between the Lines: Uncovering Inflation Expectations from Multilingual Media Coverage
Alexandra Piller, Study Center Gerzensee Foundation of the Swiss National Bank
- 11:25-11:45
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Look-Through or Look Closer? Energy Shocks and Underlying Inflation in the Euro Area
Rosi Chankova, Bank of England
- 11:45-12:00
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Coffee break
- 12:00–13:00
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Keynote speech: Prompted to Start: How Generative AI is Transforming Entrepreneurship
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics; CEPR; ECGI; Swedish House of Finance
Chair: Roland Straub, European Central Bank
- 13:00-13:05
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Closing remarks
Roland Straub, European Central Bank
- 13:05-14:35
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Buffet lunch
This programme may be subject to change without notice.
Audiovisual notice: The event may be filmed and the video recording, or parts of it, may be published on the internet/intranet.
General information
Please watch the livestream on the conference webpage on 5-6 October
Monday, 5 and Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Livestream
Onsite:
European Central Bank
Main Building
Press Room
Sonnemannstrasse 20
60314 Frankfurt am Main
English
- Carlo Altavilla, European Central Bank
- Caterina Mendicino, European Central Bank
- Roberto Motto, European Central Bank
- Simone Manganelli, European Central Bank
- Sujit Kapadia, European Central Bank
- Wolfgang Lemke, European Central Bank