Curriculum vitae
Updated October 2026
Main fields
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary economics
- Macro-financial linkages
- Expectations
Employment
Current positions
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Jul 2023 – present
Research Adviser Bank for International Settlements, Monetary and Economic Department
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Nov 2024 – present
Member of the Council of Management SUERF
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Oct 2016 – present
Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research, Monetary Economics and Fluctuations Programme
Previous positions
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Feb 2019 – Jun 2023
Head of Monetary Policy Bank for International Settlements, Monetary and Economic Department
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Jul 2015 – Jan 2019
Adviser European Central Bank, Monetary Policy Research Division, DG Research, Frankfurt am Main
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Aug 2013 – Jun 2015
Adviser European Central Bank, Financial Research Division, DG Research, Frankfurt am Main
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Nov 2011 – Jul 2013
Principal Economist European Central Bank, Financial Research Division, DG Research, Frankfurt am Main
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Feb 2007 – Oct 2011
Principal Economist European Central Bank, Monetary Policy Research Division, Frankfurt am Main
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Mar 1999 – Jan 2007
Economist European Central Bank, Monetary Policy Research Division, Frankfurt am Main
Temporary positions
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Apr – Jul 2012
Principal Economist (secondment from DG Research) European Central Bank, Capital Markets and Financial Structure Division, DG Economics, Frankfurt am Main
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Jun – Aug 1997
Economist, Summer Intern International Monetary Fund, European I Department, Washington, D.C.
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Aug 1993 – Aug 1994
Economist Commission of the European Union, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Division, Brussels
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Jun – Dec 1992
Economist, Internship Commission of the European Union, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels
Education
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2000
PhD in Economics European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Thesis: “Essays on Monetary Policy and Taxation”
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1995
MSc in Economics London School of Economics, UK
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1993
BA in Economics and Social Sciences, summa cum laude Bocconi University, Italy
Fellowships
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1998 – 1999
Resident Research Fellowship Ente Studi Monetari e Finanziari, Rome, Italy
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1995 – 1999
Fellowship, European University Institute Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Italy
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1997
International Exchange Program Fellowship European University Institute, Italy
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1995
British Chevening Scholarship Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
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1995
Rajiv Gandhi Travelling Scholarship Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, India
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1982 – 1987
Enpas Scholarship Italian Institute for Government Employees Previdence, Italy
Publications
Journal articles, working papers, policy papers and other writing are listed on the Research page.
Recent conferences
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Keynote
Macro-monetary workshop, St Andrews, UK, 2025.
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Paper presentations
Hydra Conference on Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2026; CEBRA conference, 2026; SNB-FRB-BIS High-Level Conference on Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility; Bundesbank Spring Conference on Monetary Policy and Expectations of Households and Firms, 2025; 15th ifo Conference on Macroeconomics and Survey Data, 2025; IFABS conference, 2024; Boston Fed conference on “The Future of the Financial System”, 2024; Annual conference of the RBA, Sydney, 2023; ASSA meetings, 2023; Salento Macro meetings, 2022; SNB annual conference on Monetary Policy, Zurich, 2022; Macro Talks, University of Padua, 2022.
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Annual meetings
AEA Annual Meetings (2025, 2023); European Symposium in International Macroeconomics (2017, 2014); Society of Economic Dynamics Meetings (2023, 2017); CEBRA conference (2025, 2024).
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Invited seminars
Peking University, 2024; BIS-HKMA seminar series, Hong Kong, 2024; DNB, 2024; University of Naples, 2024; Bank of Finland, 2022.
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Paper discussions
ECB “Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics” Conference, 2025; SNB annual conference on Monetary Policy, 2025; European Symposium in International Macroeconomics, 2025; JME/SNB/CEPR conference, 2022; BIS CCA conference on “Structural changes in inflation and output dynamics after Covid and other shocks”, Mexico City, 2022; SNB-FRB-BIS High-Level Conference on “Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility”, Zurich, 2022; HEC/CEPR conference, 2022; AEA Meetings, 2021.
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Policy panels
Oxford Saïd – VU SBE Macro-finance Conference, 2025; SNB-BNP Joint Seminar, panel on “Monetary Policy Frameworks”, November 2024; SUERF/OeNB conference on “The Central Bank of the Future”, 2024; SUERF Fourth Biennial Conference on “New Dimensions of Monetary Policy”, Bank of Poland, September 2022; SUERF/Bank of Finland conference on “Monetary Policy Approaches: A Comparative Appraisal”, 2021; CESifo conference, 2021.
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Events organized
BIS Annual Conference (2026, 2025, 2024); WE ARE IN conference (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022); EUI/BdF/CEPR conference, December 2022; AEA Meetings, invited session, 2020; CEBRA session (2026, 2025, 2024); EEA high-level panel sessions, August 2018 and 2017.
Editorial and refereeing
Editorial roles
- Jun 2024 – Jun 2026 BIS Working Paper Series
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2020 – 2022
Economic Policy Panel member
- Mar 2020 – Jul 2021 CEPR vetted volumes: Covid Economics
- Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 ECB Working Paper Series
Referee for
Econometrica; Journal of Political Economy; American Economic Review; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Monetary Economics; American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Economic Journal; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; International Economic Review; Journal of International Economics; Economic Policy; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Journal of Financial Intermediation; International Journal of Central Banking; Journal of Financial Stability.