Annual Monetary and Financial Policy Conference
The MMF Society arranges an annual policy conference. The event brings together senior policymakers and academics to discuss pertinent policy questions in money, macro and finance of the day.
Bank of England Watchers’ Conference 2025
12 May 2025
This annual conference brings together policymakers, market economists and leading academics to discuss current issues in monetary and financial stability policy with a deliberate focus on the UK. The event is being jointly organised by the Money Macro Finance Society and King's Business School at King’s College London.
The purpose of the conference, which was inspired by the well-known European Central Bank Watchers’ Conference and the US Monetary Policy Forum, was to bring together leading academics, policymakers, and financial market practitioners to discuss and debate salient policy issues facing the Bank of England at this juncture.
Keynote speech: Clare Lombardelli (Bank of England)
Chair: Rachana Shanbhogue (The Economist)
Panel: Fiscal policy, the bond market, and implications for monetary policy
Panellists: Andrew Benito (Eisler Capital), Isabelle Mateos y Lago (BNP Paribas), Sushil Wadhwani (LSE)
Chair: Sam Fleming (Finnacial Times)
Panel: Monetary policy outlook
Panellists: Gianluca Benigno (Lausanne), Megan Greene (Bank of England), Katharine Neiss (PGIM)
Chair: Phil Aldrick (Bloomberg)
Panel: The neutral rate of interest
Panellists: Silvia Ardagna (Barclays), Catherine Mann (Bank of England), Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)
Chair: Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times)
Fire-side chat: Central bank independence
Speakers: Mervyn King, Paul Tucker (Harvard)
Chair: Francine Lacqua (Bloomberg)
Fire-side chat: Alan Taylor (Bank of England) and Ed Balls (King’s College London)
Conference sponsor : PGIM
Past Conferences
| Date | Location | Theme | Programme |
| 25 November 2024 | Bank of England Watchers' Conference | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2024 | |
| 3 November 2023 | Bank of England Watchers' Conference | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2023 | |
| 24 November 2022 | Bank of England Watchers' Conference | Asset Purchases, Inflation, Independence and Accountability | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2022 |
| 28 & 30 September 2021, 4, 6 & 8 October 2021 |
7th Annual Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2021 | Climate Change | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2021 |
| 19-23 October 2020 | Virtual Conference Webinars | Covid-19 | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2020 |
| 15 October 2019 | Bloomberg European Headquarters, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London | Inflation Targeting Revisited | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2019 |
| 20 November 2018 | Bloomberg European Headquarters, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London | The Central Bank Balance Sheet as a Tool of Monetary Policy | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2018 |
| 2 October 2017 | London Institute of Banking & Finance, 36 Monument Street, London | Unconventional Monetary Policy in the UK | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2017 |
| 7 October 2016 | Bloomberg London, City Gate House, London | Financial Stability Policy | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2016 |
| 25 September 2015 | Bloomberg London, City Gate House, London | The Housing Market and Macroeconomic Policy | MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2015 |