Sousa, João

Economics

Current position

Deputy Director General

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
Financial Economics,
Economic Growth

Email

Joao.Sousa@ecb.europa.eu

Other current responsibilities
  • 2018-
    Chair of the Working Group on Forecasting
Education
  • 2000-2004
    PhD in Economics, University of Warwick, UK
  • 1993-1994
    MSc in Economics and Finance, University of Warwick, UK
  • 1988-1993
    Licenciatura in Economics, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Professional experience
  • 2018-
    Deputy Director General, DG Economics, ECB
  • 2014-2018
    Head of Monetary Analysis Division, Monetary Policy Directorate, ECB
  • 2011-2014
    Chief Economist - Cabinet of Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal
  • 2005-2011
    Head of Monetary Policy Division, Economic and Research Department, Banco de Portugal

ECB Working Paper Series

2019
Amzallag, Adrien, Calza, Alessandro, Georgarakos, Dimitris, Sousa, João
Monetary policy transmission to mortgages in a negative interest rate environment
No 2243
2017
Sousa, João, Falagiarda, Matteo
Forecasting euro area inflation using targeted predictors: is money coming back?
No 2015
2013
Sousa, João, Sousa, Ricardo M.
Asset returns under model uncertainty: evidence from the euro area, the U.S. and the U.K.
No 1575
2010
Mestre, Ricardo, Sousa, João, Jacquinot, Pascal, Gomes, Sandra
Global policy at the zero lower bound in a large-scale DSGE model
No 1254
2005
Calza, Alessandro, Sousa, João
Output and inflation responses to credit shocks: are there threshold effects in the euro area?
No 481
Bruggeman, Annick, Camba-Méndez, Gonzalo, Fischer, Björn, Sousa, João
Structural filters for monetary analysis: the inflationary movements of money in the euro area
No 470
2004
Sousa, João, Zaghini, Andrea
Monetary policy shocks in the euro area and global liquidity spillovers
No 309
2003
Calza, Alessandro, Sousa, João
Why has broad money demand been more stable in the euro area than in other economies? A literature review
No 261
Calza, Alessandro, Sousa, João, Manrique, Marta
Aggregate loans to the euro area private sector
No 202
2001
Calza, Alessandro, Gartner, Christine, Sousa, João
Modelling the demand for loans to the private sector in the euro area
No 55

ECB Occasional Paper Series

2017
Beyer, Andreas, Nicoletti, Giulio, Papadopoulou, Niki, Papsdorf, Patrick, Rünstler, Gerhard, Schwarz, Claudia, Sousa, João, Vergote, Olivier
The transmission channels of monetary, macro- and microprudential policies and their interrelations
No 191