Itamar Caspi
Head Of Monetary Division at בנק ישראל Bank of Israel
Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
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Top SchoolItamar Caspi is a senior economist and monetary policy leader with eight years of experience at the Bank of Israel, currently serving as Head of the Monetary Division after leading the Monetary Analysis Unit. He combines rigorous econometric training (PhD) and an MPA from Harvard with hands-on central banking experience, including a research fellowship at the BIS and prior work at Israel’s Ministry of Finance. As an adjunct lecturer at the Hebrew University he teaches machine learning for economists, bridging advanced empirical methods and policy analysis. Known for blending academic rigor with pragmatic policy advice, he builds teams that deliver actionable research to inform high-stakes monetary decisions.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Public Administration - MPA Management Leadership and Decision Sciences, Master of Public Administration - MPA Management Leadership and Decision Sciences at Harvard Kennedy SchoolMaster of Arts - MA Economics, Master of Arts - MA Economics at The Hebrew University of JerusalemDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Econometrics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Econometrics at Bar-Ilan UniversityBachelor's degree Economics and Business Administration, Bachelor's degree Economics and Business Administration at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Github Skills (24)
sec9
financial-data9
climate-science9
risk-assessment9
risk-management8
tidymodels7
science6
tidy6
monitoring6
forecast5
tsne5
python5
r-package5
data-science4
machine-learning4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
itamarcaspi/rtadfr
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:124 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
ml4econ/notes-spring2019
Mar 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:50 commits, 38 pushes in 2 months
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