Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
“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 features once more an impressive academic line-up and is held as a hybrid event. The three conference sessions tackles 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 showcases monetary policy related research by young economists.
See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20261005_monetary_policy_conf.en.html
10:00-11:00
Keynote speech: Diagnostic challenges for monetary policy
Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
11:30-13:00
Session 1
Monetary policy and inflation
Chair: Sujit Kapadia, European Central Bank
11:30-12:15
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
Risks and Uncertainty in Monetary Policy
Domenico Giannone*, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Juan Rubio-Ramírez, Emory University
14:30-16:00
Session 2
Monetary policy, credit and banking
Chair: Carlo Altavilla, European Central Bank
14:30-15:15
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
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
16:30-17:30
Keynote speech:
Valery Ramey, Stanford University
Chair: Roberto Motto, European Central Bank
17:30
Closing remarks and end of day 1