The South African Macroeconomic Network 1st Annual Workshop will explores innovations in data, modelling and forecasting tools for Central Banking in emerging countries.

Themes of the workshop

• Micro data for forecasting and policy analysis
• Fiscal and monetary policy interaction: modelling and analysis
• Capital flows and foreign exchange intervention
• Identifying monetary policy transmission
• Identifying underlying long term trends

The workshop will be a combination of technical presentation and roundtable discussions between academics and policymakers. South African researchers are invited to submit contributions and papers related to the theme for the organizing panel to consider.