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Francesca Monti

Dr Francesca Monti

Advisor, Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

Research interests

  • Banking
  • Finance

Contact details

Biography

Francesca Monti is an advisor and former Deputy Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance. Francesca holds a PhD in Economics and Statistics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Before joining King's in November 2019, she worked at the Bank of England for 10 years, focusing mainly on macro modelling and monetary policy strategy issues. Her research spans the fields of macroeconometrics, empirical macro and monetary economics.

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Selected Publications

"Ambiguity, Monetary Policy and Trend inflation," with Riccardo Masolo. Forthcoming, Journal of the European Economic Association. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvaa020

"Forecasting the UK Economy with a Medium-Scale Bayesian VAR" with Silvia Domit and Andrej Sokol. International Journal of Forecasting, 2019. Previously circulating as: "A Bayesian VAR benchmark for COMPASS."

"Exploiting the Monthly Data Flow in Structural Forecasting," with Domenico Giannone and Lucrezia Reichlin. Journal of Monetary Economics, 84, 201-215, 2016. Working paper version. Replication files.

"Combining Judgment and Models." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 42(8), pp. 1641-1662, 2010. Working paper version.

    Research

    QCBPromo
    Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance is a research centre dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policy making, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.

    News

    Young Economist Prize Competition 2022 Winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Young Economist Prize Competition hosted by the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance.

    QCGBF YE PRIZE FINALISTS 2022A

    Challenges facing central banks in the 2020s

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance's inaugural Annual Conference took place on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2021. The Conference featured 34...

    Qatar Doha skyline

    Young Economist Prize Competition 2021

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Young Economist Prize Competition hosted by the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance.

    YE Prize 2021 Finalists

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance introduces new Speaker Series addressing the challenges COVID-19 poses for central banks

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance at King's Business School is pleased to introduce the new QCB Speaker Series, launching in April 2021.

    A river view of London.

    Young Economist Prize Competition 2022

    The Young Economist prize will be awarded to the best paper submitted on the conference topic.

    QCGBF YE PRIZE

    Women in Central Banking: International Women's Day Podcast Episode

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance proudly presents this International Women's Day episode on 'Women in Central Banking' for the Connections...

    Women in Central Banking image with purple background and picture of two women next to red K for king's logo.

    Is the time right for negative rates in the UK?

    The economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, is prompting a rethink...

    Seat of the European Central Bank and Frankfurt Skyline at dawn

    Macroeconomic models in the Covid-19 crisis

    One of the crucial challenges facing epidemiologists and economists studying the evolution of the contagion and its economic effects is the lack of reliable...

    An image of Covid-19.

    Events

    21NovVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: James Cloyne: Short-Term Tax Cuts, Long-Term Stimulus

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes James Cloyne from the University of California Davis to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    05DecVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Timothy Jackson: Optimal Central Bank Balance Sheets

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Timothy Jackson from the University of Liverpool to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    26SepVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Michael Kumhof: The Open Economy Macroeconomics of Central Bank Digital Currencies

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Michael Kumhof from the Bank of England (BoE) to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    10OctVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Ester Faia: Monetary Policy and Wage Inequality: the Labour Mobility Channel

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Ester Faia from the University Frankfurt to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07NovVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Kartik Anand: Cybersecurity and Financial Stability

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Kartik Anand from Deutsche Bundesbank to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    21MarVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Chiara Scotti: Interconnectedness in the Corporate Bond Market

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Chiara Scotti from the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to present this virtual seminar on...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07FebVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Dimitri Vayanos: A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy Spillovers

    Dimitri Vayanos from the London School of Economics joins us to present 'A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    21FebVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: The Macroeconomic Cost of Climate Volatility (Haroon Mumtaz & Piergiorgio Alessandri)

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Haroon Mumtaz from Queen Mary University of London and Piergiorgio Alessandri from the Bank of Italy to...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07MarVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Margherita Giuzio: The Low-Carbon Transition, Climate Commitments and Firm Credit Risk

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Margherita Giuzio from the European Central Bank (ECB) to present this virtual seminar on 'The...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    04AprVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

    QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Andreas Schrimpf: Constrained Dealers and Market Efficiency

    The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Andreas Schrimpf (Bank for International Settlements) to present this virtual seminar.

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      QCBPromo
      Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance is a research centre dedicated to the study of central banks and the challenges they face in the global environment. It aims to develop cutting-edge research in all areas of central bank policy making, ranging from monetary policy to financial stability and regulation.

      News

      Young Economist Prize Competition 2022 Winners

      Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Young Economist Prize Competition hosted by the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance.

      QCGBF YE PRIZE FINALISTS 2022A

      Challenges facing central banks in the 2020s

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance's inaugural Annual Conference took place on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2021. The Conference featured 34...

      Qatar Doha skyline

      Young Economist Prize Competition 2021

      Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Young Economist Prize Competition hosted by the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance.

      YE Prize 2021 Finalists

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance introduces new Speaker Series addressing the challenges COVID-19 poses for central banks

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance at King's Business School is pleased to introduce the new QCB Speaker Series, launching in April 2021.

      A river view of London.

      Young Economist Prize Competition 2022

      The Young Economist prize will be awarded to the best paper submitted on the conference topic.

      QCGBF YE PRIZE

      Women in Central Banking: International Women's Day Podcast Episode

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance proudly presents this International Women's Day episode on 'Women in Central Banking' for the Connections...

      Women in Central Banking image with purple background and picture of two women next to red K for king's logo.

      Is the time right for negative rates in the UK?

      The economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with historically low interest rates and persistently low inflation, is prompting a rethink...

      Seat of the European Central Bank and Frankfurt Skyline at dawn

      Macroeconomic models in the Covid-19 crisis

      One of the crucial challenges facing epidemiologists and economists studying the evolution of the contagion and its economic effects is the lack of reliable...

      An image of Covid-19.

      Events

      21NovVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: James Cloyne: Short-Term Tax Cuts, Long-Term Stimulus

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes James Cloyne from the University of California Davis to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      05DecVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Timothy Jackson: Optimal Central Bank Balance Sheets

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Timothy Jackson from the University of Liverpool to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      26SepVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Michael Kumhof: The Open Economy Macroeconomics of Central Bank Digital Currencies

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Michael Kumhof from the Bank of England (BoE) to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      10OctVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Ester Faia: Monetary Policy and Wage Inequality: the Labour Mobility Channel

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Ester Faia from the University Frankfurt to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07NovVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Kartik Anand: Cybersecurity and Financial Stability

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Kartik Anand from Deutsche Bundesbank to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      21MarVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Chiara Scotti: Interconnectedness in the Corporate Bond Market

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Chiara Scotti from the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to present this virtual seminar on...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07FebVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Dimitri Vayanos: A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy Spillovers

      Dimitri Vayanos from the London School of Economics joins us to present 'A Preferred-Habitat Model of Term Premia, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      21FebVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: The Macroeconomic Cost of Climate Volatility (Haroon Mumtaz & Piergiorgio Alessandri)

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Haroon Mumtaz from Queen Mary University of London and Piergiorgio Alessandri from the Bank of Italy to...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07MarVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Margherita Giuzio: The Low-Carbon Transition, Climate Commitments and Firm Credit Risk

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Margherita Giuzio from the European Central Bank (ECB) to present this virtual seminar on 'The...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      04AprVirtual Seminar Series QATAR CENTRE FOR GLOBAL BANKING & FINANCE (3)

      QCGBF Virtual Seminar Series: Andreas Schrimpf: Constrained Dealers and Market Efficiency

      The Qatar Centre for Global Banking & Finance welcomes Andreas Schrimpf (Bank for International Settlements) to present this virtual seminar.

      Please note: this event has passed.