Past Seminars

Spring 2024


IMIM NO. 45

Macroeconomics of Racial Disparities: Discrimination, Labor Market, and Wealth 

May 24, 2024: ET 11:00 am


IMIM NO. 44

The Dollar in an Era of International Retrenchment

May 10, 2024: ET 11:00 am


IMIM NO. 43

Exchange Controls as a Fiscal Instrument

April 26, 2024: ET 11:00 am


IMIM NO. 42

Reserve Asset Competition and the Global Fiscal Cycle 

    April 19, 2024: ET 11:00 am


IMIM NO. 41

Monetary Policy in the Age of Automation

April 05, 2024: ET 11:00 am


Narrative-Driven Fluctuations in Sentiment: Evidence Linking Traditional and Social Media

April 05, 2024: ET 11:50 am


IMIM NO. 40

Micro MPCs and Macro Counterfactuals: The Case of the 2008 Rebates

March 29, 2024: ET 11:00 am


IMIM NO. 39

Risky Business Cycles

March 08, 2024: ET 1:00 pm


IMIM-Asia  NO. 38

Dollar and Carry Redux

February 22, 2024: ET 9:00 pm | February 23, 2024: Beijing Time 10:00 am


The Liquidity Premium of Digital Payment Vehicle

February 22, 2024: ET 9:50 pm | February 23, 2024: Beijing Time 10:50 am


IMAI  NO. 37

Economic Fundamentals and Short-Run Exchange Rate Prediction: A Machine Learning Perspective

February 09, 2024: ET 3:00 pm


IMIM NO. 36 

Foreign Reserve Management and Original Sin

January 26, 2024: ET 1:00 pm


Living Up to Expectations: Central Bank Credibility, the Effectiveness of Forward Guidance, and Inflation Dynamics post-Global Financial Crisis

January 26, 2024: ET 1:50 pm


IMIM-Asia  NO. 35 

Currency Risk under Capital Controls

January 11, 2024: ET 9:00 pm | January 12, 2024: Beijing Time 10:00 am


IMIM-Asia  NO. 34 

Deciphering the Dollar Exchange Rate and Interest Parity 

January 04, 2024: ET 9:00 pm | January 05, 2024: Beijing Time 10:00 am


A Theory of Sovereign Bond Safety: Country Size and Equity Rebalancing Channel 

January 04, 2024: ET 9:50 pm | January 05, 2024: Beijing Time 10:50 am

Fall 2023

IMIM-Rising Stars  NO. 33

Markups Across the Income Distribution: Measurement and Implications

December 18, 2023: ET 9:00 pm | December 19, 2023: Beijing Time 10:00 am


Inequality in Income and Varieties

December 18, 2023: ET 9:50 pm | December 19, 2023: Beijing Time 10:50 am


IMIM-Rising Stars  NO. 32

Heterogeneous Impact of the Global Financial Cycle

December 14, 2023: ET 9:00 pm | December 15, 2023: Beijing Time 10:00 am


Inelastic Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange Interventions 

December 14, 2023: ET 9:50 pm | December 15, 2023: Beijing Time 10:50 am


IMIM-Asia  NO. 31

Forecasting Inflation Using Economic Narratives

December 07, 2023: ET 9:00 pm | December 08, 2023: Beijing Time 10:00 am


IMIM-Rising Stars  IMIM NO. 30

Banking, Business and Household Finance, and Monetary Policy

December 01, 2023: ET 12:00 pm


Long Rates, Life Insurers, and Credit Spreads

December 01, 2023: ET 12:50 pm


IMIM-Rising Stars  NO. 29  

Intervening Against the Fed

November 10, 2023: ET 1:00 pm

The Firm Balance Sheet Channel of Uncertainty Shocks

November 10, 2023: ET 1:50 pm

IMIM NO. 28 October 27 Donghai Zhang (National University of Singapore) 

IMIM NO. 27 October 6 Jaroslav Horvath (University of New Hampshire) 

IMIM-Anniversary NO. 26 September 29 Irina Panovska (University of Texas Dallas) 

IMIM NO. 25 September 22 Andrej Sokol (Bloomberg)

IMIM NO. 24 September 15 Martina Jasova (Barnard College) 

IMIM-Business IMIM NO. 23 September 13 Tim Mahedy (Access Macro) 

IMIM NO. 22 August 25 Loris Rubini  (University of New Hampshire) 

Summer 2023

IMIM NO.21 August 11  Sebastian Laumer (The University of North Carolina Greensboro) 

​IMIM NO.20 July 28 Haonan Zhou (Princeton University)

IMIM NO.19 July 21 Sun Yong Kim (Northwestern University) 

IMIM NO.18 June 30 Stefan Avdjiev (Bank of International Settlements) 

​IMIM NO.17 June 16 Zhao Han (The College of William and Mary) 

IMIM NO.16 June 9 Leland Bybee (Yale University) 

IMIM NO.15 June 2 Karley Stedman (Kansas Fed) 

IMIM NO.14 May 12 Leifei Lyu (Washington University in St. Louis) 

Spring 2023

IMIM NO.13 May 5 Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia (Federal Reserve Board) 

IMIM NO.12 Apr 14 Emile A. Marin (UC Davis) 

IMIM NO.11 Apr 7 Yinxi Xie (Bank of Canada) 

IMIM NO.10 Mar 10 Scott Davis (Dallas Fed) 

IMIM NO.9 Feb 24 Aeimit Lakdawala (Wake Forest) 

IMIM NO.8 Feb 10  Ren Zhang (Texas State University)

Fall 2022

IMIM NO.7 Soo Kyung Woo ( University of Rochester)

IMIM NO.6 Rusi Yan ( Washington University in St. Louis)

IMIM NO.5 Saroj Bhattarai (UT Austin)

IMIM NO.4 Hewei Shen (University of Oklahoma)

IMIM NO.3 Dong Cheng (Union College)

IMIM NO.2 Zhengyang Chen (St. Cloud State University)

IMIM NO.1 Ren Zhang (Texas State University)