Current Challenges for Monetary Policy

How do central banks keep economies stable in turbulent times? What role do they play when markets move fast, climate risks rise, or banking stability is threatened? This public lecture series by the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS-HSG) explores these key issues. It opens with Monetary Policy: Implementation and Transmission via Financial Markets, where two experts from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) explain how policy decisions are implemented and transmitted to businesses and households. The second lecture, Climate Change and Central Banking, addresses how climate risks increasingly affect financial and price stability. An SNB expert discusses how central banks are adapting. The final lecture, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability, by a representative of the Bank for International Settlements, examines how central banks can balance price stability with financial resilience.

2. März

Monetary Policy: Implementation and Transmission via Financial Markets

Marc-Antoine Ramelet, PhD, Head of Research Affairs and CSR, SNB

Christian Myohl, PhD, Deputy Head Implementation Analysis, Money Market and Foreign Exchange, SNB

Prof. Dr. Winfried Koeniger, Professor of Economics, Universität St.Gallen

27. April

Climate Change and Central Banking

Richard Senner, PhD, Senior Economist, SNB

Prof. PhD. Markus Kondziella, Assistant Professor in quantitative Economics, Universität St.Gallen

6. Mai

Monetary Policy and Financial Stability

Cristina Manea, Economist in the Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Prof. Dr. Martin Wolf, Assistant Professor for Monetary Economics, Universität St.Gallen

Leitung | Prof. Dr. Winfried Koeniger, Professor of Economics, Universität St.Gallen