Working Papers

The Central Bank Crystal Ball: Temporal Information in Monetary Policy Communication (with David Byrne, Michael McMahon, and Conor Parle)

[Central Bank of Ireland RTP No. 1/2023] [CEPR Discussion Paper 17930]

Measuring the Temporal Dimension of Text: An Application to Policymaker Speeches (with David Byrne, Michael McMahon, and Conor Parle)

     [Central Bank of Ireland RTP No. 2/2023] [CEPR Discussion Paper 17931]

Monetary Communication Shocks and the Macroeconomy (with Benedikt Kolb)

(Under Revision)

[Latest Version] [Online Appendix], other versions: [Bundesbank DP No. 46/2018] [Central Bank of Ireland RTP No. 15/2018], media: [centralbanking.com]

Work in Progress:

When is Monetary Policy More Powerful? (with Dilan Aydin Yakut and David Byrne)

The Sources of European Misallocation (with Stephen Byrne)


Publications

The Economic Impact of Yield Curve Compression: Evidence from Euro Area Forward Guidance and Unconventional Monetary Policy 

European Economic Review, May 2024, No. 104716 

[Final Version] [Technical Appendix], other versions: [Central Bank of Ireland RTP No.1/2021], [Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letter, Vol. 2019, No. 13]


Policy Contributions

The Central Bank Crystal Ball: Temporal Information in Monetary Policy Communication (with David Byrne, Michael McMahon, and Conor Parle)

VoxEU Column, 16 March 2023

Measuring the Temporal Dimension of Text: An Application to Policymaker Speeches (with David Byrne, Michael McMahon, and Conor Parle)

SUREF Policy Brief, No. 599, 25 May 2023

Predicting Recessions in the Euro Area: A Factor Approach (with Conor Parle)

Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letter, Vol. 2019, No. 2

The Effects of ECB Policy Announcements on Sovereign Yields: A Return to Normal Transmission?

Central Bank of Ireland Economic Letter, Vol. 2018, No. 4


My thesis can be found here.