Cross-perspectives on modern central banking

About this event

24 September 2026 from 17:00 until 19:00

Jacques Chapsal Amphitheatre

27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75007, Paris

The event is not accessible to wheelchair users, but it is accessible to people with reduced mobility who can climb a few steps.

Organized by

The School of Public Affairs

In a fast changing economic and political landscape, central banks find themselves facing new challenges. This combined Banque de France / Bank of England event will shed light on three major areas of modern central banking : (i) the trade-off between inflation control and economic growth in the face of geopolitical instability, (ii) the institutional role of central banks and the pursuit of independent monetary policy in turbulent political times, and (iii) new forms of money, whether unbacked such as Bitcoin, or backed like Stablecoins, and well as the digital pound and digital euro projects.

A Q&A session will follow the discussion.

Speakers :

Jean BARTHELEMY (Deputy head of Financial Economics Research division and Research Advisor, Banque de France)

Arno HANTZSCHE (Economic Adviser, Structural Economics Division, Bank of England)

Moderation by School of Public Affairs students:

Sibylle MALCOTTI , Economics and Public Policy policy stream

Emma HUGERON, Administration publique policy stream