5th IMF Annual Macro-Financial Conference
October 26-27, 2022
Join us for the 5th IMF Annual Macro-Financial Conference, a two-day conference that will take place in hybrid format on Wednesday, October 26th and Thursday, October 27th.
The conference, organized by the Research Department, aims to stimulate discussion on macro-financial linkages, includes sessions on: (I) household heterogeneity and financial outcomes, (II) inflation expectations, wages, and supply chains, (III) firms’ foreign currency borrowing, (IV) the effectiveness of COVID-19 economic policies, (V) technological change and financial intermediation and (VI) fintech, payments, and lending. For more details, see the full conference program here.
To register to participate, please contact us: resmfexternal@imf.org.
Agenda
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 |
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9:00–9:15 am |
Welcoming Remarks Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, IMF |
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9:15–10:45 am |
Session I: Household Heterogeneity and Financial Outcomes: Facts and Policies Chair: Giovanni Dell’Ariccia Managing an Energy Shock with Heterogeneous Agents (Adrien Auclert, Hugo Monnery, Matthew Rognlie, and Ludwig Straub (Harvard University) Discussant: Pablo Ottonello, University of Michigan Differential Effects of Macroprudential Policy Sophia Chen and Nina Biljanovska (International Monetary Fund) Discussant: Viral Acharya, The New York University, Stern School of Business Credit, Income, and Inequality Manthos Delis, Fulvia Fringuellotti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), and Steven Ongena Discussant: Martina Jasova, Barnard College of Columbia University |
| 10:45–11:00 am | ***Coffee Break*** |
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11:00–12:30 pm |
Session II: Inflation Expectations, Wages, and Supply Chains Chair: Daniel Leigh Firm’s Inflation Expectations: New Evidence From France The Expected, Percieved, and Realized Inflation of US Households Before and During the COCID-19 Pandemic Inflation Expectations And The Supply Chain |
| 12:30–1:30 pm | ***Lunch Break*** |
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1:30–3:00 pm |
Session III: Firms’ Foreign Currency Borrowing Chair: Rui Mano Currency Hedging: Managing Cash Flow Exposure Real Consequences of Foreign Exchange Derivatives Hedging Dollar Borrowing By Non-Financial Firms And The Real Effects Of Us Monetary Policy Abroad |
| 3:00–3:15 pm | ***Coffee Break*** |
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3:15–4:45 pm |
Session IV: The Effectiveness of COVID-19 Economic Policies Chair: Martin Cihak Did the Paycheck Protection Program Hit the Target? Loan Guarantees, Bank Lending and Credit Risk Reallocation What Policy Combinations Worked? Bank Lending During COVID-19 |
Thursday, October 27, 2022 |
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9:15–10:45 am |
Session V: How Technology Is Changing Financial Intermediation Chair: Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli Why Is Intermediating Houses So Difficult? Evidence From IBuyers Fintech Competition, Bank Digitalization, and Financial Inclusion |
| 10:45–11:00 am | ***Coffee Break*** |
| 11:00–12:30pm |
Session VI: Fintech, Payments, and Lending Chair: Tobias Adrian (Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF) Payment Disclosure, Credit Provision and the Optimal Regulation of Digital Currencies
Fintech Lending and Cashless Payments Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data |
| 12:30–1:30 pm | ***Lunch Break (Invitation only)*** |