Research
Email: firstname.lastname@rbnz.govt.nz

Biography:

Christie joined the Economic Department of the Reserve Bank in 1998. In 2002/03 he spent 15 months as a monetary policy advisor in the Bank of Papua New Guinea. He then returned to the Reserve Bank for several more years, before taking up a position at Norges Bank as a Senior Advisor. In 2010, shortly after returning to the Reserve Bank, he was appointed Manager Research.

Current research interests:

• Model averaging
• Density combination
• Forecast evaluation
• Optimal monetary policy

Recent Publications:

• “Does forecast combination improve Norges Bank inflation forecasts?” (2011), forthcoming, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, joint with H. Bjørnland, K. Gerdrup, A.-S. Jore & L.A. Thorsrud.
• “Local linear impulse responses for a small open economy” (2011), forthcoming, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, joint with Alfred A. Haug.
• Weights and pools for a Norwegian density combination (2011), forthcoming, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, joint with H. Bjørnland, K. Gerdrup, A.-S. Jore & L.A. Thorsrud.
• “Open economy forecasting with a DSGE-VAR: head to head with the RBNZ published forecasts” (2011), International Journal of Forecasting, 27(2), 512-528, joint with K. Lees and T. Matheson.
• “RBCs and DSGEs: the computational approach to business cycle theory and evidence” (2009), Journal of Economic Surveys, joint with T. Matheson, O. Karagedikli and S. Vahey.
• “Evaluating ensemble density combination - forecasting GDP and inflation”, Norges Bank Working Paper, 2009/19, joint with K. Gerdrup, A. Jore, and L. Thorsrud.