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Francesco Ferrante

Principal Economist Trade and Financial Studies Section International Finance
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Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2014
  • M.Sc., Economics, Bocconi University, 2007
  • B.A., Economics, Bocconi University, 2005
Current Research Topics
  • Financial Intermediation and Real Activity
  • Heterogeneous Effects of Monetary Policy
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2020 - present
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2014 - 2020
  • Ferrante, Francesco, and Matthias Paustian (2019). "Household Debt and the Heterogeneous Effects of Forward Guidance," International Finance Discussion Papers 1267. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Ferrante, Francesco (2019). "Risky Lending, Bank Leverage and Unconventional Monetary Policy," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 101, pp. 100-127.
  • Ferrante, Francesco (2018). "A Model of Endogenous Loan Quality and the Collapse of the Shadow Banking System," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 152-201.
  • Ferrante, Francesco (2015). "Risky Mortgages, Bank Leverage and Credit Policy," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-110. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Ferrante, Francesco (2015). "A Model of Endogenous Loan Quality and the Collapse of the Shadow Banking System," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-021. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
  • Ferrante, Francesco (2014). "Essays on Financial Crises and Macroeconomics," Ph.D. dissertation, New York University.

  • conference

    Sep 2016

    Dynare Conference (Rome)

  • conference

    May 2016

    Ghent University Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics

  • conference

    Nov 2015

    Midwest Macro Meetings (Rochester University)

  • conference

    July 2015

    IBEFA Day Ahead Conference (San Francisco)

  • conference

    Nov 2014

    Federal Reserve System Macro Conference (New Orleans)

  • seminar

    May 2016

    University of Amsterdam

  • discussion

    June 2016

    New Developments in Business Cycle Analysis (LUISS-Rome)

Referee
  • American Economic Review
  • Journal of Monetary Economics
  • American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
  • Review of Economic Dynamics
  • Journal of Money Credit and Banking
  • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • The North American Journal of Economics and Finance
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Last Update: December 1, 2023