Conference Agenda

Session

B1: Monetary Information, Beliefs, and Asset Prices

Time:

Friday, 27/Mar/2026:

9:00am - 10:45am

Location: Room "Link"

Presentations

Financial Market Effects of FOMC Communication: Evidence from a New Event-Study Database

Miguel Acosta², Andrea Ajello³, Michael Bauer¹, Francesca Loria³, Silvia Miranda-Agrippino⁴

¹Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; ²University of Wisconsin-Madison; ³Federal Reserve Board of Governors; ⁴Oxford University

Discussant: Xiyuan Ma (Singapore Management University)

Monetary Transmission in Equity Markets: Evidence from Financial Intermediaries

Pranav Garg¹, Matthew Famiglietti²

¹Yale University; ²Yale University

Discussant: Andreas Schrimpf (BIS)

Under Pressure? Central Bank Independence Meets Blockchain Prediction Markets

Barry Eichengreen³, Ganesh Viswanath¹, Junxuan Wang², Zijie Wang¹

¹Warwick Business School; ²HKUST Guangzhou; ³UC Berkeley

Discussant: Michael Bauer (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)