About

The annual Melbourne Macro Policy Meeting gathers academics and researchers in policy institutions, and policy analysts to discuss the latest research and thinking about macroeconomic issues and policies. This event is co-hosted by the Department of Economics and the Melbourne Institute.
This year our theme is: "Macroeconomic policy and global uncertainty".

Details

Two-day event, Thursday 30 - Friday 31 October 2025
Held at the Melbourne Business School, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton 3053

Keynote Speakers

Professor Giancarlo Corsetti
Pierre Werner Chair and Professor of Economics, European University Institute
Professor Eric Swanson
Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine

Policy panel:

Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner, Productivity Commission (Panel Moderator)
Giancarlo Corsetti, Pierre Werner Chair and Professor of Economics, European University Institute
Prasanna Gai, The University of Auckland, and Monetary Policy Committee, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Warwick J. McKibbin, Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, the Australian National University
Eric Swanson, Professor of Economics, University of California, Irvine

Important dates

Tuesday 1 July	Paper submissions open
Sunday 31 August	Paper submissions close
Monday 15 September	Notification of paper acceptance
Monday 29 September	Registrations open
Friday 24 October, 5pm	Registrations close
Thursday 30 and Friday 31 October	Conference

Organising committee

Guay Lim, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne

Mei Dong, Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

Program committee

Sushant Acharya, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

Mei Dong, Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne

James Hansen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

Tim Kam, Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Guay Lim, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne

Benjamin Wong, Associate Professor, Econometrics & Business Statistics, Monash University