Our members are leading experts on their respective areas and we can offer external training and consultancy in the following areas:

Training

• Macroeconomic models for policy and forecasting: medium and large scale models
• Labour market analysis
• Macroeconometrics and forecasting techniques
• Computational methods for economic problems
• Macroeconomics of the yield curve

Consultancy

• Model building and assessment
• Forecasting
• Country and comparative analysis
• Understanding the impact of macroeconomic policies and policy evaluation
• Historical data building, national account reconstruction, and data analysis

Examples of previous consultancy work by MaGHiC members

• Real business cycle theory and the Japanese economy (Bank of Japan)
• Estimation of supply side for macroeconomic models (European Central Bank)
• Business cycle accounting for Japan and Asia (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
• Real and nominal convergence in accession countries (European Central Bank)
• Structural transformation and productivity in Asia (Asian Development Bank)
• Interest rate effects of public debt (Bank for International Settlements)