Second Czech National Bank Workshop on Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy

“Advancing Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy in a Changing World”

Prague, December 11–12, 2025

Czech National Bank Congress Centre (The Commodity Exchange), Senovážné nám. 30, Prague 1

Registration required. To register, please use the registration form. The registration is open until 5 December 2025.

Program

Thursday, 11 December 2025
All times are in Central European Winter Time.

08:15 Registration & Morning Coffee
08:45 Opening Remarks
Jan Frait, Deputy Governor, Czech National Bank
08:50 Implementing Borrower-Based Measures in the EU: The Role of Institutional Frameworks
Elena Durante (European Central Bank), Giovanna Milone (European Central Bank), Mara Pirovano (European Central Bank), Radu Popa (European Central Bank)
Discussant: Fergal McCann (Central Bank of Ireland)
09:30 Macroprudential Tightening and Multiple Property Ownership: New Evidence from EuropeanWealth Microdata
Ján Klacso (National Bank of Slovakia), Mária Širaňová (Slovak Academy of Sciences and Commenius University in Bratislava), Andrej Cupák (National Bank of Slovakia)
Discussant: Radu Popa (European Central Bank)
10:10 A Diagnostic TANK Model for the Housing Market
Marcos Gaspar Montenegro Calvimonte (Bank of England)
Discussant: Luis Herrera (Banco de Espaṅa)
10:50 Coffee break
11:05 Keynote Speech: Central Banks as Catalysts of Innovation in Payments
Jon Frost, Bank for International Settlements
12:05 Lunch
13:20 The Marginal Propensity to Extract Housing Wealth: Evidence from Home Equity Windfalls
Alvaro Mezza (Federal Reserve Board), Daniel Ringo (Federal Reserve Board), Kamila Sommer (Federal Reserve Board)
Discussant: Branislav Saxa (Czech National Bank)
14:00 Monetary Policy Tightening and Macroprudential Policy
Luis Herrera (Banco de Espaṅa), Caterina Mendicino (European Central Bank), Kalin Nikolov (European Central Bank), Valerio Scalone (European Central Bank)
Discussant: Chiara Punzo (Bank of England)
14:40 The Aggregate Demand Channel of Loan-to-Value Shocks
Pablo Herrero (Banco de Espaṅa), Caterina Mendicino (European Central Bank), Christopher Schang (European University Institute)
Discussant: Marcos Gaspar Montenegro Calvimonte (Bank of England)
15:20 Coffee break
15:35 Covered but Exposed: Currency Risk in Collateralized Bank Funding
Valentina Bruno (American University, NBER, CEPR and ECGI), Jin Cao (Norges Bank and CESifo), Valeriya Dinger (University of Osnabrűck and the University of Leeds)
Discussant: Adam Geršl (Charles University in Prague)
16:15 “Who’s the Boss?” The Role of Dividend Clienteles in Banks' Lending Decisions
Petros Katsoulis (Bank of England), Eddie Gerba (Bank of England), Jozef Baruník (Charles University in Prague), Jonathan Acosta-Smith (OECD)
Discussant: Valeriya Dinger (University of Osnabrűck and the University of Leeds)
16:55 Lending to Hedge Funds: Does Competition Erode Bank Risk Management?
Christian Bittner (Deutsche Bundesbank and Goethe University Frankfurt), Stephan Jank (Deutsche Bundesbank)
Discussant: Kamila Sommer (Federal Reserve Board)
18:00 Guided tour of Prague (by invitation)
19:00 Dinner (by invitation)
21:30 End of Thursday´s program

Friday, 12 December 2025
All times are in Central European Winter Time.

08:30 Registration & Morning Coffee
09:00 Special Session: Conducting and Managing Research under Geopolitical Tensions
Panelists: Mihnea Constantinescu (National Bank of Moldova) and Iikka Korhonen (Bank of Finland)
Moderator: Josef Švéda (Czech National Bank)
09:40 Geopolitical Risk and Cross-border Bank Lending
Dennis Reinhardt (Bank of England), Julian Reynolds (Bank of England and University of Oxford), Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Bank of England)
Discussant: Patrik Kupkovič (National Bank of Slovakia)
10:20 Flight from the Front Line: Geopolitical Risk, Distance, and Capital Flow Dynamics
Jan Janků (Czech National Bank), Martin Hodula (Czech National Bank), Simona Malovaná (Czech National Bank)
Discussant: Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Bank of England)
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Keynote Speech: Macroprudential Policy: Countering Financial Amplification of Shocks
Erlend Nier, International Monetary Fund
12:15 Lunch
13:30 The Governance of Macroprudential Policy in South Africa
Janine Aron (University of Oxford), Greg Farrell (University of the Witwatersrand), John Muellbauer (University of Oxford)
Discussant: Adam Kučera (Czech National Bank)
14:10 International Spillovers Form Euro Area Monetary Policy: Investment Behavior of Czech Firms
Michal Franta (Czech National Bank), Volha Audzei (Czech National Bank)
Discussant: Stephanie Ettmeier (CERGE-EI)
14:50 Monetary Policy, State-Dependent Bank Capital Requirements and the role of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries
Manuel Gloria (Bank of England), Chiara Punzo (Bank of England)
Discussant: František Mašek (National Bank of Slovakia)
15:30 Coffee break, end of program

Organizing committee:

  • Zuzana Gric (Czech National Bank)
  • Tomáš Karhánek (Czech National Bank)
  • Kateřina Šlapáková (Czech National Bank)

Scientific committee:

  • Zuzana Gric (Czech National Bank)
  • Martin Hodula (Czech National Bank)
  • Jan Janků (Czech National Bank)
  • Tomáš Karhánek (Czech National Bank)
  • Simona Malovaná (Czech National Bank)
  • Josef Švéda (Czech National Bank)