Sebastian Rast (@seb_rast) profile picture

Research Economist @DNB_NL, previously PhD @EUI_EU || Monetary Economics, Applied Macroeconometrics, Inflation expectations || Views are my own

Joined June 2019
Rising government debt makes rate hikes fiscally costly and may intensify pressure on central banks. A new model with an endogenous upper bound on the interest rate coming from debt service constraints shows how an easing bias can fuel persistent inflation bis.org/publ/work1328.htm
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Make the most of this weekend and submit your paper to the #CEBRA24 Annual Meeting: cebra-events.org/ The @DNB_NL is organizing a session on "Monetary Policy and Supply Side Effects" 🔎 View the full #CFP here: cebra-events.org/call-for-pa… Thanks to the committee: @TimoHaber, @seb_rast, @MavromatisK #monetarypolicy #supplychain #supply #economics #macroeconomics
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Motivated by the strategy review from the FED & ECB, we (joint @lmelosi & Spence) examine how such a new strategy can be learned. We focus on the ZLB & the role of inflation surprises. Such shocks create a trade-off between establishing the new rule & higher short-term inflation.
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18235 Learning Monetary Policy Strategies at the Effective Lower Bound with Sudden Stops Spencer Krane @ChicagoFed Leonardo Melosi @LeonardoMelosi @ChicagoFed Matthias Rottner @MatthiasRottner @bundesbank ow.ly/AFoC50OX5eC #CEPR_MEF
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Sebastian Rast retweeted
How do retailers adjust their prices to households’ shopping behavior? Find out in my JOB MARKET PAPER: “Shopping, Demand Composition, and Equilibrium Prices”. lukasnord.eu/files/Nord_JMP.… A thread. #Econjobmarket #EconTwitter 1/12
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First publication! I am happy to share that our paper "Hitting the Elusive Inflation Target" (joint with @Francesco_Bia and @LeonardoMelosi ) is accepted at the 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀. I am delighted about it & grateful to my co-authors. Thread:
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Very glad that we had the chance to write a @voxeu column about our paper "Reversal Interest Rate and Macroprudential Policy”. Let me shortly summarize the main insights and conclusions.
The reversal interest rate: A new motive for countercyclical macroprudential policy dlvr.it/Rytmm2
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