Education
PhD (University College Dublin)
Keywords
economic history; financial history; macroeconomics; central banking
Biography
Rebecca joined the Central Bank in 2004, beginning her career in the Financial Stability area. Her work has involved developing frameworks for policy assessment at the Irish and European level. She has represented the Central Bank of Ireland at European policy fora, including the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
Rebecca earned a PhD in Economics from University College Dublin in 2016. In 2017, she was awarded the Barrington Medal by the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, which recognises ‘promising new researchers in the economic and social sciences in Ireland’. Since 2019, she is Secretary of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland.
Rebecca’s research focusses on financial and monetary history, and monetary policy. Her work has studied the long-run evolution of financial and macroeconomic data through time and across countries. In particular, she has worked on stock market integration and the forecasting and co-movement of business cycles during late 19th and 20th centuries. In addition, she has studied the information content of central bank communications.
