Sixth conference on expectations surveys
Joint conference of the Bank of Canada, the European Central Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Thursday, 9 and Friday, 10 October 2025 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
This annual conference aims to convene scholars to present their current research involving expectations surveys.
Conference topics cover a wide range of research focusing on the collection and analysis of surveys of households, firms, and financial market participants. The conference program will feature a plenary keynote session by Luigi Pistaferri of Stanford University, and a panel of survey experts focusing on best practices in conducting probability-based household internet panels.
Programme
* Indicates the presenter
- 8:30
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          Registration and Breakfast 
- 8:50
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          Welcoming Remarks by Kartik Athreya, Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
- 9:00
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          Expectations and Consumer BehaviorChair: Gizem Kosar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
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          Geopolitical Risks and their Implications for Consumer Expectations and Spending- Olivier Coibion
- Dimitris Georgarakos, European Central Bank
- Yuriy Gorodnichenko
- Geoff Kenny
 
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          Subjective Uncertainty and the Marginal Propensity to Consume- Gizem Kosar
- Davide Melcangi, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 
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          Wage Expectations and Job Search- Steffen Altman
- Robert Mahlstedt
- Malte Rattenborg
- Alexander Sebald
- Sonja Settele
- Johannes Wohlfart, University of Cologne
 
- 10:30
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          Coffee Break 
- 11:00
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          Firm ExpectationsChair: Giorgio Topa, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
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          The Effects of Uncertainty on Firms’ Pricing Behavior and Activity- Giuseppe Fiori, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Filippo Scoccianti
 
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          Supply Chain Networks and the Macroeconomic Expectations of Firms- Ina Hajdini
- Saten Kumar
- Samreen Malik
- Jordan Norris
- Mathieu Pedemonte, Inter-American Development Bank
 
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          Business Uncertainty in Developing and Emerging Economies- Edgar Avalos
- Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de Mexico Business School
- Elwyn Davies
- Leonardo Iacovone
- Jesica Torres
 
- 12:30
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          Lunch 
- 14:00
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          Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Running Expectations SurveysModerator: Wilbert van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Panelists: - Thomas Crossley, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
- Jeff Dominitz, Rice University
- Geoff Kenny, European Central Bank
 
- 15:00
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          Coffee Break 
- 15:30
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          Flash Talks IChair: Patrick Sabourin, Bank of Canada 
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          Subjective Expectations of Husbands and Wives and Couples’ Demand for Contraception- Aureo de Paula
- Grant Miller
- Christine Valente, University of Bristol
 
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          Search Costs, Outside Options, and On-the-Job Search- Armando Miano, University of Naples
- What Determines Household Expectations?
- Anushka Mitra, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Aditi Singh
 
- 16:15
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          Coffee Break 
- 16:30
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          Flash Talks IIChair: Geoff Kenny, European Central Bank 
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          Inflation Preferences- Hassan Afrouzi
- Alexander Dietrich
- Kristian Ove Myrseth
- Romanos Priftis
- Raphael Schoenle, Brandeis University
 
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          Selective Inattention to Interest Rates- Tim de Silva
- Pierfrancesco Mei, Goldman Sachs
 
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          Beyond the Short Run: Monetary Policy and Innovation Investment- Michaela Elfsbacka-Schmoller 
- Olga Goldfayn-Frank 
- Tobias Schmidt, Deutsche Bundesbank 
 
- 17:45
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          Reception 
- 18:15
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          Dinner 
- 8:30
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          Breakfast 
- 9:00
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          Keynote LectureChair: Wilbert van der Klaauw 
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          Eliciting Marginal Propensity DataLuigi Pistaferri, Stanford University 
- 10:00
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          Coffee Break 
- 10:30
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          Methods and MeasurementChair: Olena Kostyshyna, Bank of Canada 
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          Estimating Flexible Income Processes from Subjective Expectations Data: Evidence from India and Columbia- Manuel Arellano
- Orazio Attanasio, Yale University
- Sam Crossman
- Victor Sancibrian
 
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          Learning from Survey Density Forecasts- Martin Almuzara
- Richard Crump, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Gizem Kosar
 
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          Incentivizing Inflation Expectations- Sergii Drobot
- Daniela Puzzello, Indiana University at Bloomington
- Ryan Rholes
- Alena Wabitsch
 
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          Understanding the Accuracy of Non-Random Survey Through a Unique Matched Administrative – Expectations Dataset- Naveen Rai
- Xu Zhang, Bank of Canada
 
- 12:30
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          Lunch 
- 13:30
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          Belief FormationChair: Dimitris Georgarakos, European Central Bank 
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          Attention to the Macroeconomy- Sebastian Link
- Andreas Peichl
- Oliver Pfauti, University of Texas at Austin
- Christopher Roth
- Johannes Wohlfart
 
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          Credit Market Experiences and Macroeconomic Expectations: Evidence and TheoryJosefina Cenzon, Bocconi University 
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          Lumpy Forecasts in Volatile Times- Isaac Baley
- Javier Turen, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
 
- 15:00
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          End of Conference 
General information
- Dimitris Georgarakos, European Central Bank
- Kim Huynh, Bank of Canada
- Monica Jain, Bank of Canada
- Geoff Kenny, European Central Bank
- Georgi Kocharkov, European Central Bank
- Gizem Kosar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Olena Kostyshyna, Bank of Canada
- Wilbert van der Klaauw, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Patrick Sabourin, Bank of Canada
- Tao Wang, Bank of Canada