Banking, Financial Stability and the Business Cycle, 27-28 August 2004

Workshop, Sveriges Riksbank

The interaction between the financial system and monetary policy has received a great deal of attention in the academic literature. In recent years, there has been a growing interest from policy makers in the linkages between the banking sector and the macro economy and their consequences for financial stability. The aim of this workshop has been to gather academics and central bank researchers working on research projects that shed light on these issues.

The final program consisted of four sessions:

• Bank runs and contagion
• The banking system, systemic risk and the macro economy
• Lender of last resort
• Macroeconomic models