I am a Senior Economist in the Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research at the Banca d'Italia. My work mostly focuses on macroeconomics, with an emphasis on monetary policy and household finance.

Links: CV, Google Scholar

Email: stefano.pica@bancaditalia.it

Upcoming/Recent Talks:

• 2026-09: 6th Sailing the Macro Workshop, Ortigia

• 2026-03: Workshop on "Global Housing Markets and the Macroeconomy", Universidad de Alicante

• 2025-10: 7th ChaMP Workstream 1 Workshop, Central Bank of Malta

• 2025-06: 6th Biennial Conference on Uncertainty and Risk in Macroeconomics, Aix-Marseille Université

News:

• My paper on households' subjective expectations and monetary policy is out as a VoxEU (link)

• My policy note on the effects of US-China trade tensions on euro area inflation is out as a VoxEU (link)

• My paper on the housing markets and monetary policy has been mentioned in The Telegraph (link) and in the Financial Times (link)