Organized by Davide Debortoli (UPF, CREI and Barcelona GSE), Luca Fornaro (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE), Jordi Galí (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE), Michael McMahon (University of Oxford), Francisco Ruge-Murcia (McGill University)

The purpose of the workshop is to discuss a selected number of research papers focusing on the study of monetary policy and other central bank policies. Suitable topics include (but are not restricted to):
• The role played by agents’ heterogeneity and financial frictions
• The challenges imposed by a zero lower bound on interest rates
• International dimensions of central bank policies
• The role of central bank communication
• The design of monetary policies
• Central banks’ decision-making

Further information: https://www.barcelonagse.eu/summer-forum/workshop-monetary-policy-central-banking