João Borges Assunção

João Borges Assunção is an Associate Professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, specializing in Macroeconomics, Robust Statistics, and Time Series Analysis. His research focuses on business cycle dating, GDP forecasting, and structural economic change.

• Active in econometric modeling and robust statistical methods
• Co-developed innovative GDP nowcasting frameworks
• Recognized twice as Best GDP Forecaster in Portugal (2018, 2020)
• Principal investigator in pandemic impact research projects