Iulia Igescu

Principal Economist in the Modeling and Forecasting Division of the National Bank of Romania.
Graduated from University of Pittsburgh with a PhD thesis on the role of institutions in hindering or fostering economic growth.
Previous stints: IHS Markit in Frankfurt, Ministry of Presidential Affairs in Abu Dhabi, Bank J. Safra Sarasin in Zurich.
Interests: economic growth, mainly in Rare Events from two points of view. Historically: the role of monetary policy during wars. Mathematically: how shocks change the equilibrium properties of a system.
Experience: developed general equilibrium models for scenario analysis purposes and interfaces that allow for user friendly access of models and for keeping track of all scenario components.
Currently: working on applying machine learning to identify data agglomerations that detect equilibrium changes early on.