Contact Information
202-452-3827
chiara.scotti@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Econometrics and Statistics
Monetary Policy

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
M.A., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
B.A., Economics, Bocconi University, 1998

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2005-present
Visitor, European Central Bank, May 2003-July 2003
Analyst, Credit Suisse First Boston, London, 1998-2000

Selected Publications

• ''Real Time Measurement of Business Conditions'' (with S.B. Aruoba and F.X. Diebold), Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (forthcoming).
• ''Markov Switching GARCH Models of Currency Crises in Southeast Asia'' (with C. Brunetti, R.S. Mariano, and A.H.H. Tan), Emerging Market Review, vol. 9 (June 2008), pp. 104-128.
• A Bivariate Model of Fed and ECB Main Policy Rates, International Finance Discussion Papers 875. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006.
• ''Modeling the Term Structure of Futures Commodity Prices. An Empirical Analysis in the Copper Market,'' Rivista di Politica Economica (December 1999).