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.
Personal Website
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
Young Economist Prize Competition 2022
The Young Economist prize will be awarded to the best paper submitted on the conference topic.
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...
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...
Bank of England macroprudential specialist to head Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance
David Aikman joins new centre at King's Business School
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...
Events
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
Young Economist Prize Competition 2022
The Young Economist prize will be awarded to the best paper submitted on the conference topic.
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...
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...
Bank of England macroprudential specialist to head Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance
David Aikman joins new centre at King's Business School
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...
Events
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.