Itamar Caspi

Welcome to my personal webpage!

I am a senior economist and head of the Monetary Analysis Unit at the Bank of Israel's Research Department. I also serve as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

My research interests center on monetary policy, applied macroeconomics, forecasting, and data science.

Prior to joining the Bank of Israel, I worked as an economist in the Chief Economist Department of the Israeli Ministry of Finance.

I hold a PhD in Economics from Bar-Ilan University, a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, an MA in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a BA in Economics from Ben-Gurion University.

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Email: itamar.caspi@boi.org.il

News

Sep 7, 2024 In a new four-episode series of the Bank of Israel's podcast "The Third Side of the Coin," Amiram Barkat and I explore the hidden aspects of inflation, central banks, and monetary policy. (See episodes 25-28).
May 22, 2024 Our paper "The Mortgage Cash Flow Channel: How Rising Rates Impact Household Consumption" (with Nadav Eshel and Nimrod Segev) was accepted to the 2024 Northern Finance Association Meeting, which will be held in Montreal, Canada, in September!
May 16, 2024 Our paper "Shocks and Currents: Monetary Policy and Israel's Foreign Exchange Market" (with Amit Friedman and Sigal Ribon) is now published in Comparative Economic Studies! The paper is part of a Special Issue: 50 Years After the End of Bretton Woods—The Experiences of Small Open Economies.