Juan José Ospina

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2010 - 2017
• Specialization fields: Finance- Asset Pricing, Applied Macroeconomics, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2010 - 2017
• M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2011 – 2014
• Master’s in Business Administration-MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago IL, 2007 – 2010. Graduated with honors.
• M.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2004 – 2005
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering and B.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 1998 – 2003. Graduated with honors.

Professional Experience

• Chief Officer for Monetary Policy and Economic Information, September 2019 to date.
• Head, Public Sector Section – Fiscal Analysis Unit, Banco de la República, April 2019 – August 2019.
• Researcher, Banco de la República, January 2019 – April 2019
• Junior Researcher, Banco de la República, 2017 – January 2019
• Adjunct professor Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad del Norte and Universidad Externado de Colombia for courses in macroeconomics and big data, 2018 - 2021
• Graduate Student Researcher, Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2009-2016
• Risk Management Specialist, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colomba, March 2004 – August 2007

Research

The Aggregate Implications of Regional Business Cycles

Econometrica, 87(6), 1789-1833

with Martin Beraja and Erik Hurst

Exposure to Grocery Prices and Inflation Expectations

Journal of Political Economy (2021), 129(5): 1615-1639

with Francesco D'Acunto, Ulrike Malmendier and Michael Weber

Bio

Juan Ospina joined Banco de la República in 2017. He currently is the Chief Officer for Monetary Policy and Economic Information, where he runs the team that produces the bank's macroeconomic analysis and forecasts, makes the monetary policy recommendation to the Board of Governors, and writes the Monetary Policy Report. He is also in charge of a labor market research team and the production of most of the bank's official statistics. Prior to this role, he also worked as the head of the Fiscal Analysis Unit and as a researcher at the Macroeconomic Modeling Department. Dr Ospina´s research interests include monetary policy, business cycle fluctuations, asset pricing, pension systems, and the formation of consumer's expectations. His research work has been published in academic journals including Econometrica and the Journal of Political Economy. He has taught courses in finance, macroeconomics, and statistics at the University of Chicago, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad del Norte, and Universidad Externado de Colombia. He holds a PhD in economics and an MBA (with honors) from the University of Chicago and bachelor degrees (with honors) in economics and industrial engineering from Universidad de los Andes.

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