Stephen J. Cole

Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting Spring 2026

Hosted by Marquette University

May 15–17, 2026 | Milwaukee, WI

  • Kundan Kishor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Enrique Martínez-García, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Walker Ray, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Alessandro Villa, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Shihan Xie, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Important Deadlines:

  • Submission Deadline: February 15, 2026


  • Decisions Expected: March 15, 2026


  • Registration Deadline: April 15, 2026

Plenary Speakers:

  • Marco Del Negro – Director of Monetary Policy Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 






  • James (“Jim”) Bullard – Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University and Former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Program Committee:

  • Carolina Acuña-Armenta (co-organizer), Marquette University
  • J. Carter Braxton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago
  • Stephen Cole (co-organizer), Marquette University
  • Louphou Coulibaly, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • ​Rupal Kamdar, Indiana University Bloomington