Welcome to my personal website.
I am the Head of the Monetary Policy Unit at Banca d'Italia, within the Monetary Analysis Division of the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy Directorate. I coordinate a team that analyses euro area monetary policy, including its tools, stance, strategy, and communication.
On this website, you can access my CV and explore my research. My research interests lie in the field of macroeconomics and monetary economics, with a focus on monetary policy.
You can reach out to me at marco.bernardini [at] bancaditalia.it
Recent updates
Mar 2025: The paper "The market stabilization role of central bank asset purchases: High-frequency evidence from the COVID-19 crisis" has been published in JIMF
Jun 2024: Check out my new policy paper "Real interest rates and the ECB's monetary policy stance"
Feb 2024: The paper "Out of the ELB: Expected ECB policy rates and the Taylor Rule" has been published in Econ Lett
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this website and in my research are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of Banca d'Italia or the Eurosystem.