Sonsoles Castillo

Chief Economist for Financial and Economic Analysis

Madrid

Sonsoles Castillo, Chief Economist for Financial and Economic Analysis at BBVA Research.

She joined BBVA Research in 1997. She has been Chief Economist for Capital Flows, for Europe and for Emerging Markets. Areas of interest, Monetary policy, European integration and Financial Markets.

Research assistant at FEDEA (Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada).

Gained a Scholarship for Research Staff Training at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Alcalá de Henares.

BA Studies Economics, University of Alcalá de Henares.

Latest publications

July 26, 2021

Europe | ECB: focus slightly askew

Last week the ECB held its first meeting since announcing its Strategy review of monetary policy a few days ago, in which it faced the dual challenge of nailing down future strategy and taking decisions on existing policies.

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July 22, 2021

ECB WATCH | Dovish and hawkish tones in the same package

ECB’s first policy meeting after its monetary policy strategy review was marked by a lack of unanimity, likely reflecting an intense discussion between the doves and the hawks.

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July 8, 2021

ECB WATCH | ECB Strategy Review: 2% and mindful of climate change

The strategy review has been relatively moderate, introducing a symmetric and clearer (2%) inflatio target, and adopting as permanent the current toolkit. The change has been less ambitious than the one by the Fed. On climate change, the ECB is clearly more committed to specific action, but depends on other institutions

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