Research / Projects

Research Interests

• Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy, especially the liquidity management of  central banks, money demand, monetary policy rules and indicator variables for monetary policy
• National and International Financial Markets
• EU-Enlargement, especially aspects of exchange rate systems and monetary policy, migration
• Empirical Macroeconomics, especially financial markets econometrics

Current Projects

• Analysis of notes issue in Germany (together with N. Bartzsch)
• A Comparison of the Eurosystem and other central bank systems (together with K. Ruckriegel)
• Real-Time Data and Monetary Policy (together with C. Gerberding and A. Worms)
• Macro Models and Monetary Policy Rules (together with K.-H. Tödter)
• Explaining and Forecasting Oil Prices (together with J. Clostermann and UniCredit)
• Sectoral Money Demand in the Euro Area (togehter with the ECB)
• Explaining and forecasting bond yields in the US and Germany (togehter with J. Clostermann)