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Lectures and Conferences

Every Autumn since 2016, the Institute of International Monetary Research has hosted a all-day conference addressing topical economic issues from a monetary perspective which have featured distinguished speakers from across the world.

With the exception of 2020, the conferences have been preceded by a public lecture by a senior figure from the world of economics or banking, held in a London venue.

Click on the links to go to a recording of the speaker on our YouTube channel.

These events are free to attend, but spaces are limited. Click on the button below to view and register for forthcoming public lectures and conferences.

View forthcoming lectures and conferences

2023

Public Lecture

Monetary system stability amid global discord

Monday 16th October

Speaker: Sir Paul Tucker

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Annual Conference

What is the best monetary regime?

Wednesday 18th October

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2022

Public Lecture

The widespread failure of central banks to control inflation

Tuesday 25th October

Speaker: Professor Willem Buiter: The widespread  failure of central banks to control inflation


Annual Conference

Did central banks react correctly to the covid-19 pandemic?

Thursday 27th October

Ricardo Reis (LSE): What can keep inflation high?

Paul de Grauwe (LSE): Macroeconomic models and central bank inflation projections in 2020-21

Charles Goodhart (Financial Markets Group): A snapshot of central bank (two-year) forecasting

Tim Congdon (IIMR): How Keynes' General Theory was responsible for the money growth explosion of 2020

Juan Castañeda (IIMR): Money, inflation and monetary equilibrium

Michael Oliver (Open University): Nonmonetary and monetary explanations for inflation: the UK in the 1970s 

John Greenwood (International Monetary Monitor): The flaws in the monetary policy strategy of the Bank of England in 2020-21. What policies can we expect in 2022-23?

James Ferguson (MacroStrategy): A discussion on the policy options for the Bank of England to rein in inflation

2021

Public Lecture

Monetary policy in a world of radical uncertainty

Tuesday 23rd November

Speaker: Lord Mervyn King (Former Governor of the Bank of England): Monetary policy in a world of radical uncertainty


Annual Conference

Will more inflation follow Covid-19? And what does that say about contemporary economics?

Wednesday 1st December

John Greenwood (Invesco) and Steve Hanke (Johns Hopkins University): Monetary growth and inflation in leading economies

Kent Matthews (University of Cardiff): Monetary growth and inflation in leading economies

Juan Castañeda and Tim Congdon (IIMR):  The 2020 money supply explosion and the return of inflation: explanation and discussion

Michael Kumhof (Bank of England): The Chicago Plan revisited: The macroeconomics of Sovereign Money

William Allen (NIESR): QE and inflation: Is QE always wicked?

Victor Murinde (University of London): How should developing countries react to the current upsurge in global money growth?

Scott Sumner (Mercatus Center, George Mason University): The Great Forgetting: is inflation caused by irresponsible monetary policy or excess monetary growth?

Robert Hetzel (Mercatus Center. Formerly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond):
New Keynesianism in central banking: friend or foe?

2020

No Public lecture was held


Annual Conference

The return of inflation? Lessons from history and analysis of Covid-19 crisis policy responses

Wednesday 28th October (online)

Charles Goodhart (Financial Markets Group) and Manoj Pradhan (Talking Heads Macroeconomics): Effects of the changing trends in demography and globalisation on inflation

Michael Bordo (Rutgers University): Do enlarged government deficits cause inflation?

Lars Christensen (Markets and Money Advisory/University of Copenhagen): Recovery and inflation scenarios for the USA in 2021

Robert Hetzel (Mercatus Center. Formerly, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond): The US Fed's response to Covid-19 crisis as compared to the Global Financial Crisis

George Selgin (Cato Institute): The Fiscal and monetary response to Covid-19: what the Great Depression has (and hasn't) taught us

Juan Castañeda and Tim Congdon (IIMR):  The money-to-equities channel, or why monetary policy can never be exhausted

Geoffrey Wood (University of Buckingham) and Forrest Capie (Cass Business School):  Debts, deficits, central banks and inflation. What insights can history provide for central banks hit by large rises in government debt?

2019

Public Lecture

The case for the reinstatement of fiscal policy

Tuesday 12th November

Speaker: Lord Robert Skidelsky (University of Warwick): The case for the reinstatement of fiscal policy


Annual Conference

Fiscal policy vs monetary policy: which is best?

Wednesday 13th November

Tim Congdon (IIMR): Monetary policy vs fiscal policy

Dirk Ehnts (Technical University, Chemnitz: MMT: Blessing or curse?

Bill Robinson (KPMG): A macroeconomic policy without fiscal activism in Britain (1976 – 2008); an assessment

José Manuel González-Páramo (BBVA): How can fiscal policy contribute to price stability?

Paul de Grauwe (LSE): Fiscal policies in booms and busts

2018

Public Lecture

Milton Friedman's influence re-assessed

Monday 12th November

Speaker: James Forder (Balliol College Oxford): Milton Friedman's influence re-assessed


Annual Conference

Did Milton Friedman matter to British economic policy? Does he still matter?

Tuesday 13th November

Charles Goodhart (Financial Markets Group): The IMF, Friedman and monetarism in the UK

Dimitrios Tsomocos (Said Busiess School, Oxford University): Milton Friedman and macro policy

John Greenwood (International Monetary Monitor): Milton Friedman's views on fiscal policy

Steve Davies (IEA): Milton Friedman and the IEA

Tim Congdon (IIMR): Milton Friedman and the 'which aggregate" debate

Michael Oliver (Open University): Why havewe forotten about monetarism? 

Duncan Needham (University of Cambridge): Which M for emphasis?

Peter Jay (Journalist): The rise and fall of Friedmanism

Adam Ridley (Economic advisor to Margaret Thatcher): The early years of the Thatcher government: did they change history?

Eamonn Butler (Adam Smith Institute): The contribution of Milton Friedman to the understanding of Economics in the UK

Tim Congdon (IIMR): Milton Friedman and Chile: a personal retrospective

2017

Public Lecture

The committee of public safety: the work of the Financial Policy Committee

Tuesday 7th November

Speaker: Martin Taylor (Bank of England): The committee of public safety: the work of the Financial Policy Committee


Annual Conference

Has financial regulation gone too far? And do banks need all the extra capital?

Wednesday 8th November

Marco Schwartz (KPMG): Are small banks safer than big banks?

Thomas Huertas (E&Y, London): What is the right level of banks’ capital/asset ratio in a modern economy?

Bill Robinson (KPMG): On financial regulation and asset prices

David Marsh (OMFIF): The state of play of ECB monetary policy

Rosa Lastra (Queen Mary University): On domestic bank regulation and international authorities

Michael Krimminger (Cleary Gottlieb): Are the Basel rules anti-American?

James Ferguson (MacroStrategy): On bank capital in the USA: Kashkari v Dimon

Tim Congdon (IIMR): Bank recapitalisation; Effects on UK banks

Juan Castañeda (IIMR):  Should the central bank be a bank at all?

Brandon Davies (formerly Barclays): Money in theory and practice

Geoffrey Wood (University of Buckingham) and Forrest Capie (Cass Business School):  Solvency regulations in Britain (lessons from history)

2016

Public Lecture

What have we learnt about money and banking since the Great Recession?

Wednesday 2nd November

Speaker: Charles Goodhart (Financial Markets Group): What have we learnt about money and banking since the Great Recession?


Annual Conference

Quantitative Easing: triumph or folly?

Thursday 3rd November

Kevin Dowd (University of Durham): Rethinking unconventional monetary policy

Ryland Thomas (Bank of England): QE and broad money in the Bank of England's research programme

Tim Congdon (IIMR): Why was QE necessary?

Diana Choyleva (Enodo Economics): QE: a palliative or a panacea?

Christopher Neely (Federal Reserve of St Louis): The international experience of QE programmes: an American perspective

George Selgin (Cato Institute): They did it again: The Fed's role in the Great Contraction of 2008

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