The 13th International Macro-Finance Conference, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago, will be held December 5-6, 2025. This event provides an opportunity for a small group of faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss their early stage research in an informal setting.

This event is by invitation only. If you have any questions or would like to attend, please email bfi-events@uchicago.edu.


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Agenda

Friday, December 5, 2025
11:30am–12:30pm

Welcome Lunch

250 Lounge

12:30pm–1:30pm

Accounting for International Spillovers

Moritz Lenel, Princeton University

1:30pm–1:45pm

Break

1:45pm–2:45pm

A Macroeconomic Model of the Cross-Section of Currencies

Alexsei Oskolov, Princeton University

2:45pm–3:00pm

Break

3:00pm–4:00pm

International Equity Flows, Monetary Policy, and Time Consistency

Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

4:00pm–4:15pm

Break

4:15pm–5:15pm

The Development of Domestic Bond Markets

Amanda Dos Santos, New York University

5:15pm

Conference Adjourns

6:30pm

Conference Dinner

By Invitation Only

Saturday, December 6, 2025
8:00am–8:30am

Breakfast

Lounge 250

8:30am–9:30am

Trade Costs and Inflation Dynamics

Ricard Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

9:30am–9:45am

Break

9:45am–10:45am

Geopolitical Risk and Global Banking

Leslie Sheng Shen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

10:45am–11:00am

Break

11:00am–12:00pm

Covered Interest Parity: The Long-Run Evidence

Victor Degorce, Princeton University

12:00pm–1:15pm

Lunch

Lounge 250

12:00pm–1:15pm

Lunch Presentation: Financial Regulation and AI: A Faustian Bargain?

Antonio Coppola, Stanford University

1:15pm

Conference Concludes