Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright is a Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University, affiliated with the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. He holds a PhD from Harvard University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on time series econometrics, empirical macroeconomics, and finance, with particular emphasis on forecasting, high-frequency news effects, term structure analysis, and weak identification issues. He has held editorial roles at prominent journals such as the Journal of Applied Econometrics and the Journal of Econometrics. Notable awards include being a Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (2017) and the Journal of Econometrics (2024). His work spans central bank policies, asset pricing, and macroeconomic modeling, with extensive contributions to understanding monetary policy impacts and financial market dynamics.

Education: PhD, Harvard University (1997); M.Sc., London School of Economics (1991); B.A., Trinity College Dublin (1990). Employment highlights include roles as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Acting Director of the Center for Financial Economics at Johns Hopkins. He has also served as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board and has taught courses in econometrics, macroeconomics, and financial markets.

His research interests span a broad range of topics, including inflation dynamics, yield curve analysis, and the effects of unconventional monetary policy. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with recent work focusing on structural breaks in the Phillips curve, quantitative easing effects, and forecasting methodologies under model uncertainty.