The Chicago Booth Treasury Markets Conference
The recent years have seen many important developments in US Treasury Markets with large increase in debt-to-GDP ratios, increase in yields, reversal of QE policies, challenges to the US dollar’s role as reserves currency.
U.S. Treasury markets play a central role in the global financial system, serving as the benchmark risk-free asset, a key transmission channel for monetary and fiscal policy, and a cornerstone of international capital markets. Recent years have seen profound changes in Treasury markets driven by rising public debt, shifts in monetary and fiscal policy regimes, evolving market structure, and growing concerns about debt sustainability, market resilience, and financial stability.
Against this backdrop, Treasury markets have become a focal point of academic and policy research. This third edition of the conference provides a forum for presenting and discussing new empirical and theoretical work on Treasury markets, with particular emphasis on their interaction with monetary and fiscal policy and the implications for debt sustainability and macro-financial stability.
The conference will take place on Monday, May 4, 2026. The call for papers deadline is January 31, 2026. If you have any questions, please email Jennifer Williams.