Curriculum Vitae

Current Appointments

• 2020 -
• Principal Economist. International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board.

Past Appointments

• Fall 2022
• Visiting Scholar. Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
• 2018 - 2020
• Senior Economist. International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board.
• 2015 - 2018
• Economist. International Finance Division, Federal Reserve Board.

Education

• Ph.D. Economics. University of Maryland, 2015.
• Dissertation Committee: Boragan Aruoba (chair), John Shea and Luminita Stevens.
• M.A. Development Economics. Williams College, 2008
• B.A. Economics (with Distinction). Universidad Católica Boliviana, 2005

Fields of Interest

Publications

Understanding Persistent ZLB: Theory and Assessment. With: Sanjay R. Singh (UC Davis). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (Forthcoming).
Piecewise-Linear Approximations and Filtering for DSGE Models with Occasionally-Binding Constraints. With: Boragan Aruoba (Maryland), Kenji Higa-Flores (Maryland), Frank Schorfheide (UPenn), and Sergio Villalvazo (UPenn). Review of Economic Dynamics, 41. July 2021.
Likelihood Evaluation of Models with Occasionally Binding Constraints. With: Luca Guerrieri (FRB), Matteo Iacoviello (FRB), and Molin Zhong (FRB). Journal of Applied Econometrics, 34 (7). December 2019.
Macroeconomic Dynamics Near the ZLB: A Tale of Two Countries. With: Boragan Aruoba (Maryland) and Frank Schorfheide (UPenn). Review of Economic Studies, 85 (1). January 2018.

Working papers

Exchange Rate Disconnect and the Trade Balance. With: Martin Bodenstein (FRB), Nils Gornemann (FRB), Ignacio Presno (FRB).
Trade Costs and Inflation Dynamics. With: Albert Queralto (FRB), Ricardo Reyes-Heroles (FRB), and Mikaël Scaramucci (FRB).
Global Flight to Safety, Business Cycles, and the Dollar. With: Martin Bodenstein (FRB), Nils Gornemann (FRB), Ignacio Presno (FRB), Andrea Prestipino (FRB), Albert Queralto (FRB), and Andrea Raffo (FR Minneapolis).
Understanding Growth at Risk: A Markov-Switching Approach. With: Dario Caldara (FRB), Danilo Cascaldi-Garcia (FRB), and Francesca Loria (FRB).

Policy Notes

The Transmission of Global Risk. With: Martin Bodenstein (FRB), Albert Queralto (FRB). FEDS Notes. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 2023
Forecasting During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Structural Analysis of Downside Risk. With: Martin Bodenstein (FRB), Jay Faris (FRB), and Nils Goernemann (FRB). FEDS Notes. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 2021
Monitoring the World Economy: A Global Conditions Index. With: Alexander Mechanic (FRB), and Andrea Raffo (FRB). IFDP Notes. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 2018.

Teaching

Econ 683: International Macroeconomics and Finance. University of Maryland. Fall 2023.
Econ 642: Advanced Macroeconomics. University of Maryland. Winter 2021.
Econ 54: Financial Crises and Macroeconomic Policy. Williams College. Winter 2019.

Affiliations

Grants and Awards

• 2014: Americas Center Dissertation Internship. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
• 2011: Departmental Teaching Award for Best Teaching Assistant. University of Maryland.
• 2010-2015: Graduate Assistanship. University of Maryland.
• 2009: Graduate Fellowship. University of Maryland.
• 2008: Jackes Larned 1942 Prize in International Management for Best Research Paper. Williams College.

Service

Editorial

• Latian American Journal of Development Economics: Editorial Board. 2019-.
• Investigación & Desarrollo: Editorial Board. 2019-.

Referee

Conferences and Seminars

• 2024: Central Bank of Chile (scheduled), Universidad Católica de Chile (scheduled), Midwest Macro Meeting (scheduled).
• 2023: SED (Cartagena), CEBRA Annual Meeting (Columbia University), 14th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics. 13th Workshop on Exchange Rates (Bank of Canada)
• 2022: American Economic Association, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Macro Brownbag), FRB Cleveland/ ECB - Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference, Midwest Macro (Southern Methodist University).
• 2021: Society for Economic Dynamics, Canadian Economic Association, European Central Bank, DGR. FRB Cleveland/ ECB - Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics Conference, Central Bank of Chile Modelling Workshop, European Central Bank, External Seminar Series.
• 2020: National University of Singapore, NBER-Japan Project, University of Tokyo, Philadelphia Fed Conference on Real-Time Data Analysis, Methods, and Applications, 11th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics
• 2019: Dynare Annual Conference (HEC-Lausanne), Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Society for Computational Economics (Carleton University).
• 2018: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Midwest Macro (Wisconsin-Madison), Society for Computational Economics (Milan), Middlebury College, LACEA/LAMES, 9th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics, RIDGE December Forum – International Macro.
• 2017: Society for Computational Economics (New York), International Economic Association – World Congress (Mexico City), Midwest Macro (LSU), Georgetown (GCER), William & Mary, 8th Bolivian Conference on Development Economics.
• 2016: Society for Economic Dynamics, Society for Computational Economics, LACEA/LAMES.
• 2015: Central Bank of Chile, Universidad Alberto Hurtado ILADES/Georgetown, Universidad de Los Andes, Central Bank of Mexico, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Federal Reserve Board, Universidad Javeriana, Universidad del Rosario.
• 2014: University of Maryland Macroeconomics Brown Bag Seminar, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 6th Bolivian Conference of Development Economics (BCDE), Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - Eleventh Annual Fall DSGE Workshop.