Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Conference on Macro-Finance Research

Submission deadline: May 31, 2025

The Center for Monetary Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is sponsoring an annual conference on macro-finance research. This year’s event will be held in San Francisco on Friday, October 10, 2025. The purpose of the conference is to discuss the latest macro-finance research, broadly defined as work on the links between financial markets, monetary policy, and the macroeconomy. Both empirical and theoretical submissions are encouraged. A keynote presentation will be given by Philipp Schnabl (NYU Stern).  To see the program of last year’s conference, click here.

Those interested in presenting their research at this conference should send a PDF of their paper to Macro.Finance.Conference@sf.frb.org by May 31, 2025. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by mid-June. Travel expenses for authors and discussants will be reimbursed.

The new Janet Yellen Award will be conferred upon an exceptional scholar at this conference. The award recognizes an early-career researcher (within ten years of receiving their Ph.D.) who has made significant and policy-relevant contributions to research in macro-finance and/or monetary economics. The goal of this annual award is to honor and support outstanding researchers who will shape the future of macro-finance and monetary research, and its applications in central banking. Please send nominations to CMR@sf.frb.org by the submission deadline. Nominations should include a brief justification and the nominee’s CV. Self-nominations are accepted. The award recipient does not need to have a paper on the conference program

Conference organizers

Michael Bauer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Thomas Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Pascal Paul, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco