Annual Monetary and Financial Policy Conference

The MMF Society arranges an annual policy conference. The event brings together senior policymakers and academics to discuss pertinent policy questions in money, macro and finance of the day.

Bank of England Watchers’ Conference 2026
10 November 2026

This annual conference brings together policymakers, market economists and leading academics to discuss current issues in monetary and financial stability policy with a deliberate focus on the UK. The event is being jointly organised by the Money Macro Finance Society and King's Business School at King’s College London.

The purpose of the conference, which was inspired by the well-known European Central Bank Watchers’ Conference and the US Monetary Policy Forum, was to bring together leading academics, policymakers, and financial market practitioners to discuss and debate salient policy issues facing the Bank of England at this juncture.

Programme

We are delighted to invite you to The Bank of England and its Watchers' Conference, hosted by King's Business School and Money, Macro and Finance Society.

The conference will feature keynote addresses from Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, and Philip Lane, Chief Economist, European Central Bank. This conference will bring together policymakers, economists, financial market participants, academics, and business leaders to discuss the key challenges and opportunities facing the UK economy and central banking today.

Past Conferences

Date Location Theme Programme
12 May 2025 Bank of England Watchers' Conference   MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2025
25 November 2024 Bank of England Watchers' Conference   MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2024
3 November 2023 Bank of England Watchers' Conference   MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2023
24 November 2022 Bank of England Watchers' Conference Asset Purchases, Inflation, Independence and Accountability MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2022
28 & 30 September 2021,
4, 6 & 8 October 2021		 7th Annual Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2021 Climate Change MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2021
19-23 October 2020 Virtual Conference Webinars Covid-19 MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2020
15 October 2019 Bloomberg European Headquarters, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London Inflation Targeting Revisited MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2019
20 November 2018 Bloomberg European Headquarters, 3 Queen Victoria Street, London The Central Bank Balance Sheet as a Tool of Monetary Policy MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2018
2 October 2017 London Institute of Banking & Finance, 36 Monument Street, London Unconventional Monetary Policy in the UK MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2017
7 October 2016 Bloomberg London, City Gate House, London Financial Stability Policy MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2016
25 September 2015 Bloomberg London, City Gate House, London The Housing Market and Macroeconomic Policy MMF Monetary and Financial Policy Conference 2015