Caterina Mendicino

Caterina Mendicino is Lead Economist at the Monetary Policy Research Division of the DG-Research of the European Central Bank. Her major field of expertise is quantitative macroeconomics, with particular emphasis on the real and redistributive effects of financial frictions, monetary and macro-prudential policy. She holds a Ph.D from the Stockholm School of Economics - Stockholm, Sweden - and a B.S. from the University of Rome III - Rome, Italy. Prior to joining the Monetary Policy Research Division, Caterina was ESCB/IO Economist in the Financial Research Division of the European Central Bank (2013-2015) and Economist in the Department of Economic Studies of the Bank of Portugal (2008-2013), and in the Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis of the Bank of Canada (2006-2008).