10th Annual Conference 2022 – Is inflation back, and in which form?

DAY 1  September 22, 2022

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POSTER session

• Impact of monetary and fiscal policies on inflation in time of crisis using fiscal DSGE model: Case of Tunisia

Hager Ben Romdhane, Central Bank of Tunisia

• Labor informality, monetary policy and the Covid-19 pandemic

Alan Ledesma, Carlos Montoro, Central Reserve Bank of Peru

• Monetary, fiscal and structural drivers of inflation in Albania

Meri Papavangjeli, Bank of Albania

• Nowcasting Bosnia and Herzegovina GDP in Real Time

Antonio Musa, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Response of inflation to the climate stress: Evidence from Azerbaijan

Tural Yusifzada, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan

WORKSHOP 1: Monetary policy spillovers

• Spillover effects of ECB policies in a SoE framework

Bledar Hoda, bank of albania

• Monetary policy and portfolio flows in an emerging market economy

Martha López, Norberto Rodríguez, Miguel Sarmiento, Central Bank of Colombia Comments by: Rebecca Stuart, University of Neuchâtel

WORKSHOP 2: Inflation

• Central bank balance sheet and inflation in a small open euroized economy with constrained capital markets

Gent Sejko, Altin Tanku, Bank of Albania

• Money growth and inflation in Tunisia: New evidence from a wavelet analysis

Zied Jaidi, Souhaib Zardi, Central Bank of Tunisia

• Role of the media in the inflation expectation formation process

Tetiana Yukhymenko, National Bank of Ukraine Comments by: Cedric Tille, BCC & Geneva Graduate Institute

WORKSHOP 3: Measuring economic activity in turbulent times

• Estimating regional economic activity in Ukraine during an invasion

Mihnea Constantinescu*, Kalle Kappner**, Niko Szumilo***, National Bank of Ukraine*, Humboldt University Berlin**, University College London*** Comments by: Ugo Panizza, Geneva Graduate Institute

DAY 2  September 23, 2022

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Setting the stage: An overview of recent research

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Franziska Ohnsorge, The World Bank POLICY PRESENTATION: Federico Sturzenegger, Harvard Kennedy School, Former Governor Central Bank of Argentina

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POLICY PANEL 1: How global is inflation?

Chair: Alexandre Swoboda, Geneva Graduate Institute

• Governor Gent Sejko, Bank of Albania
• Belma Čolakovi, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Hans Genberg, Asia School of Business Malaysia
• Elchin Gulaliyev, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, The Brookings Institution
• Jonathan Ostry, Georgetown University

POLICY PANEL 2: Understanding inflation expectations

Chair: Charles Wyplosz, Geneva Graduate Institute

• Refet Gurkaynak, Bilkent University Turkey
• Jaime Jaramillo Vallejo, Central Bank of Colombia
• Volodymyr Lepushynskyi, National Bank of Ukraine
• Michael Weber, University of Chicago

POLICY PANEL 3: Heterogeneous impact of inflation

Chair: Nathan Sussman, Geneva Graduate Institute

• Stefania Albanesi, University of Pittsburgh
• Fernando Pérez, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
• José Luis Peydrò, University Pompeu Fabra
• Attilio Zanetti, Swiss National Bank