About the conference
The theme of the 23rd BIS Annual Conference was "Navigating uncharted waters: opportunities and risks for central banks". The sessions focused on risks and opportunities from artificial intelligence, sustainable investment in green finance, geopolitics and the macroeconomy as well as monetary policy in the post-Covid environment. The closing panel discussed the last decade of monetary policy.
Conference materials
Chair
Lesetja Kganyago, South African Reserve Bank
Speaker
Ralph S J Koijen, University of Chicago Booth School of Business | presentation
Paper
Artificial intelligence and big holdings data: Opportunities for central banks
BIS Working Paper no 1222, October 2024
Discussants
- Tania Babina, Columbia Business School | presentation
- Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements | presentation
Chair
Julio Velarde, Central Reserve Bank of Peru
Speaker
José A Scheinkman, Columbia University | presentation
Paper
Carbon prices and reforestation in tropical forests
BIS Working Paper no 1223, October 2024
Discussants
- Tobias Adrian, International Monetary Fund | presentation
- Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics | presentation
Chair
Chang Yong Rhee, Bank of Korea
Speaker
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford Graduate School of Business | presentation
Paper
A theory of economic coercion and fragmentation
BIS Working Paper no 1224, October 2024
Discussants
- Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, University of Minnesota | presentation
- Kristin Forbes, MIT Sloan School of Management | presentation
Chair
Tiff Macklem, Bank of Canada
Speaker
Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics and Political Science | presentation
Paper
Trade fragmentation, inflationary pressures and monetary policy
BIS Working Paper no 1225, October 2024
Discussants
- Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Bank of France | presentation
- Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago Booth School of Business | presentation
Moderator
Agustín Carstens, Bank for International Settlements
Panellists
- Michele Bullock, Reserve Bank of Australia
- Pablo Hernández de Cos, Bank of Spain
- Thomas Jordan, Swiss National Bank
- Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, Bank of Thailand
Panel remarks published in BIS Paper 150, October 2024