The MMF would like to invite you to attend our 4th MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference, which this year will focus on *Central bank balance sheet as a tool of monetary policy: effectiveness, side effects and exit strategies.* *Details*: 20th November 2018, 09.30-5.00 *Location*: Bloomberg’s London office, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4TQ If you would like to attend *please register via the following link* (rather than replying to this email) https://go.bloomberg.com/attend/invite/81385-2/ *The MMF Monetary and Financial Policy conference brings together the central bank watching community in the UK – across academia, think tanks, the media, the official sector and financial institutions – in one place to discuss all aspects of the debate on monetary and financial policy, from questions of economics and strategy to the design of policy institutions themselves. This year’s conference is dedicated to the central bank balance sheet as a tool of monetary policy* *Agenda* 9.30 – 9.50 Registration and breakfast 09.50 – 10.00 *Welcome*: Stephanie Flanders, Head of Economics, Bloomberg and Paul Mizen, Chair, MMF and Professor, Nottingham University 10.00 – 12.00 *European Perspectives* Volker Wieland, Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Managing Director, IMFS & German Council of Economic Advisors Patrick Honohan, Honorary Professor, Trinity College Dublin, former Governor, Central Bank of Ireland & ECB Governing Council Member Chair: Gilles Moec, Head of Developed Europe Economics, Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12.00 – 1.00 *Global Perspectives* Ricardo Reis, A.W. Phillips Professor, LSE Chair: Jagjit Chadha, Director, NIESR 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 – 3.30 *US Perspectives* Kenneth Kuttner, Robert F. White Professor, Williams College Joe Gagnon, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute and former Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board Chair, Simon Kennedy, Executive Editor, Bloomberg 3.30 – 3.45 Coffee break 3.45 – 4.45 *Japanese Perspective* Ms Yuko Kawai, General Manager for Europe, Bank of Japan Chair: Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist, JPMorgan Asset Management 4.45 – 5.00 *Summary and Reflections* Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg The Money Macro and Finance Research Group (MMF) would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in helping us to fund this conference Please note that contact details will be shared between Bloomberg and the MMF ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MMF list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MMF&A=1