Barcelona GSE
Alumni & Friends

"My tasks at ECB include the estimation of equilibrium exchange rates, contributions to the ECB’s annual “The international role of the euro” report and the implementation of a dynamic factor model to forecast economic developments in non-EU countries. In this regard, I have to give credit to the Barcelona GSE macroeconomics master for the excellent preparation to tackle the manifold research opportunities I am encountering at ECB. And to the Barcelona GSE’s reputation of equipping students with the necessary tools to do so which surely was an asset in getting here in the first place!" Eye on Alumni Feature

Interest Rate Swap Trader

"I started working at the Bank of Mexico in 2007 as an analyst. My main tasks were to generate statistical information and to support the preparation of institutional presentations. After graduating from Barcelona GSE in 2011, I returned to the Central Bank as an economist, and thanks to knowledge I acquired during the master, especially in macroeconomics and banking, my responsibilities have changed. Now, I carry out both applied research and economic analysis. In the area of economic research, I worked on the construction of a Financial Conditions Index for Mexico, and now I am working on a study to find out the relevance of the Banking transmission channel for the Mexican monetary policy. In the area of economic analysis, I am elaborating the weekly analysis of the Central Bank´s balance sheet public report, and I am conducting the analysis of monetary aggregates and financial indicators for the Monetary Policy Committee’s report."

Ludmila Fadejeva '11 (Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets)
Econometrician
Bank of Latvia

"My main responsibilities are developing and use of research models in the analysis of different aspects of Latvian and European economies. Most recent research projects are development of medium size Bayesian VAR models for short-term forecasting, analysis of price setting behaviour in Latvia, and development and Bayesian estimation of Latvian DSGE model with housing sector and financial frictions. Current projects include analysis of labour market mobility in Latvia, and total factor productivity and output gap evaluation."

Natasa Jemec '09 (Economics)

Analyst, Analysis and Research Department

Bank of Slovenia

James Marrone '09 (Economics)
Research Assistant
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Washington, DC (United States)

"My job consists of academic research, policy memos for the Federal Reserve governors, and peer review of other economists' work for conferences or journals. Most of my research revolves around finance and credit risk. Right now I have projects regarding the variance risk premium, granularity of loan portfolios and contagion in financial markets." Eye on Alumni Feature

"With changes in interest rates, international agreements with the Federal Reserve and other central banks, the turnover of Jean-Claude Trichet by Mario Draghi, the evolution of the debt crisis, all the hearsay regarding sustainability of the status quo and a context of increased social sensitivity to the relevance of macroeconomic policy—the last months have been particularly intense inside the ECB. I consider myself lucky to witness the current evolution of European fiscal and monetary policies, and I am grateful to the Barcelona GSE professors who helped me achieve this goal." Eye on Alumni Feature

Saffet Tinaztepe '10 (International Trade, FInance and Development)
Analyst
Citigroup
New York, NY (United States)

"I have two primary responsibilities.  First, I am a corporate banking analyst on a coverage team that is responsible for banking technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) clients with whom Citigroup has had a historically stressed relationship.  My second responsibility is to calculate our expected return on loan deals that are proposed by other TMT corporate and investment bankers." Eye on Alumni Feature