Live - ECB Conference on Monetary Policy 2026 (Day 2)
European Central Bank“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 09:00-10:30 Session 3 Monetary policy and financial markets Chair: Simone Manganelli, European Central Bank 09:00-09:45 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 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 10:45-11:45 Session 4 Young Economists Chair: Luc Laeven, European Central Bank 10:45-11:05 The Effect of QE and Regulation on the Structure of the Financial System Ciaran Rogers, HEC Paris 11:05-11:25 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 Look-Through or Look Closer? Energy Shocks and Underlying Inflation in the Euro Area Rosi Chankova, Bank of England 12:00–13:00 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 Closing remarks Roland Straub, European Central Bank