Jelena Stapf

Jelena Stapf is a Research Professor at the Deutsche Bundesbank's Research Centre, focusing on financial markets and macroeconomic dynamics. Her work examines inflation expectations, monetary policy impacts, and financial stability during crises.

Key research interests include inflation dynamics, option-implied market expectations, and the effects of macroeconomic news on long-term inflation outcomes. She has published extensively on topics such as deflation risk during the Eurozone debt crisis and the role of monetary policy announcements in shaping market perceptions.

Her recent work includes benchmarking short-term forecasts of banknote circulation and analyzing inflation expectations through financial derivatives. Stapf contributes to the Bundesbank's research on household and firm finance surveys, including the Survey on Consumer Expectations (BOP-HH) and the Survey of Firms (BOP-F).

Contact details include affiliation with the Central Office, Branch Operations, and IT Application and Automation Division of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main.