Conference Agenda

Session

THUR2-06: IMF Special Session: Interest rate, inflation and currency

Time:

Thursday, 17/Apr/2025:

11:00am - 1:00pm

Session Chair: Ken Teoh, International Monetary Fund, United States of America

Location: Seminar Room A

Cabaret/Cafe style (80) East Wing - Park End Street

Presentations

Do Higher Interest Rates Make The Banking System Safer? Evidence From Bank Leverage

Ali Uppal

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Monetary DSGE Models and Inflation Persistence

Salaheddine El Omari

Qatar University, Qatar

BRICS Reserve Currency and Chinese Renminbi Internationalization

G Charles-Cadogan¹, Lebogang Mateane², Tshepiso Moahloli³, Amos Peters⁴, Mark Ellyne⁵, Haim Abraham⁶

¹University of Leicester School of Business, United Kingdom; ²University of Cape Town; ³Independent Consultant; ⁴UNDP in Asia and the Pacific; ⁵University of Cape Town; ⁶University of Cape Town

Optimal Interest Rate Tightening with Financial Fragility

Damien Capelle, Ken Teoh

International Monetary Fund, United States of America