2nd Kiel-CEPR Conference on Monetary Policy - Central Bank Independence in the Spotlight

With central banks facing growing political pressure and questions mounting over the autonomy of monetary authorities, alongside inflation risks driven by soaring oil prices amid the escalating Middle East conflict, monetary policy and macroeconomics have returned to the forefront of global policy debate. 

The second Kiel-CEPR Conference on Monetary Policy will take place in Berlin on May 5–6, 2026, bringing together cutting-edge research in monetary macroeconomics and its policy implications. The conference will give special focus to current challenges to central bank independence. Against the backdrop of rising energy prices, we will also examine the inflationary implications and what they mean for monetary policy.

Program highlights include:

Keynotes:
Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley)
Thomas Drechsel (University of Maryland)

Policy Panel:
Philip Lane (Member of the Executive Board, ECB)
Ulrike Malmendier (Professor of Finance and Economics, UC Berkeley)
Sonja Marten (Chief Economist, DZ Bank)
Adam Posen (President, Peterson Institute for International Economics)

Presenters include Dimitris Georgarakos (ECB, University of Glasgow), Jakob de Haan (De Nederlandsche Bank, University of Groningen), Michael McMahon (Oxford University), Thomas Mertens (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University), Leslie Sheng Shen (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Board of Governors), Alena Wabitsch (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Michael Weber (Purdue University, West Lafayette), and many more.

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Participation is by invitation only and intended for practitioners in monetary policy and researchers in monetary macroeconomics. If that describes you and you're interested in attending, please contact Friederike McKeague. 

We gratefully acknowledge the support of DZ BANK.