past news

June 2026 New working paper draft completed: When Stablecoins Meet Treasury Scarcity — Global Spillovers from Dollar Settlement. The paper develops a two-country DSGE model of how USD-stablecoin settlement, backed by a scarce supply of short-term US Treasuries, opens a new channel of international macroeconomic spillovers. Read the draft
June 2026 Will present Prometeia’s Quarterly Economic Outlook (Rapporto di Previsione) on the Italian and global economy on July 2 2026 — an update on growth, inflation, and geopolitical risks against a backdrop of elevated uncertainty.
May 2026 Interview with ItalyPost on why economic forecasts of Italian GDP have often been imprecise since 2021, and how to read them as conditional scenarios rather than crystal balls.
March 2026 Presented Prometeia’s Quarterly Brief on the Italian and global economy on March 27 2026 — discussion of growth, inflation, and geopolitical risks against a backdrop of elevated uncertainty.
June 2025 New working paper out: Are Incentives for Energy Retrofitting Regressive? Evidence from the Italian Superbonus and Ecobonus with E. Giarda and S. Sommer. Read it on SSRN
December 2024 I’m starting a new position as Vice-president of the Board at Portuguese Public Finance Council!