Bank of England Watchers' Conference
12 may 2025, 8:15-17:30
IET Savoy Place
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.
Programme
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