The Macroeconomic Consequences of COVID-19 - Annual International Journal of Central Banking Research Conference

The International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) is organizing its 2021 annual conference, The Macroeconomic Consequences of COVID-19, together with the European Central Bank and the Bank of Korea. The conference will take place on August 9-10, 2021 at the Bank of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. The program committee comprises Boragan Aruoba, Pierpaolo Benigno, scar Jord , Sharon Kozicki, Keith Kuester and Luc Laeven. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns have .. continue reading created a deep global recession, massive government interventions, and forced a change in the social and economic behaviour of economic agents. This raises many questions about the path to economic recovery and the long-lasting impact of the crisis on the economy. This conference will bring together leading economists from central banks, academia, and other research institutions to discuss new results and policy lessons pertaining to the macroeconomic consequences of COVID-19. Papers that do not speak directly to the COVID-19 crisis but that speak to severe recessions more generally will also be considered.