Katja Schmidt
Head of the euro area macroeconomic analysis division
Katja Schmidt is head of the euro area macroeconomic analysis division at the Directorate General Statistics, Economics and International. Previously, she served as adviser to the Director General and as head of the public finance division. Her professional experience also includes positions within the Economics Department of the OECD. Holding a PhD in Economics from the University of Lille, her research interests focus on international macroeconomics, macroeconomic forecasting, and public finances.
Current position
Head of the euro area macroeconomic analysis division (since 2026)
Previous position
- Head of the Canada-Romania Desk, OECD Economics Department (2024-2026)
- Adviser to the Director General (2023-2024)
- Head of the Public Finance Division (2018-2023)
- Deputy Head of the Public Finance Division (2017-2018)
- Senior Economist, Euro Area Macroeconomic Analysis Division (2012-2017)
- Economist, OECD Economics Department (2010-2012)
- Economist, Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Germany (2004-2009)
Diploma
- PhD in Economics, Lille University
- Master of Science in Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin
Research interests
International macroeconomics, macroeconomic forecasts, fiscal policy and climate economics
Contact
- katja.schmidt@banque-france.fr
- +33 (0)1 42 92 98 32
- Banque de France, 49-1383 DGSEI-DCPM-DIACONJ, 75049 Paris Cedex 01
Academic publications
- Sourcing all the eggs from one basket: trade dependencies and import prices (2026), avec I. Balteanu et F. Viani, Review of International Economics
- The effects of high inflation on public finances in the euro area (2023), avec K. Bankowski, C. Checherita-Westphal, J. Jesionek, et P. Muggenthaler, ECB Occasional Paper Series 332
- The climate change challenge and fiscal instruments and policies in the EU (2023), avec A. Avgousti, F. Caprioli, G. Caracciolo, M. Cochard, P. Dallari, M. Delgado-Téllez, J. Domingues, M. Ferdinandusse, D. Filip, et C. Nerlich, ECB Occasional Paper Series 315
- Fiscal expenditure spillovers in the euro area: an empirical and model-based assessment (2020), avec M. Alloza, M. Ferdinandusse, et P. Jacquinot, ECB Occasional Paper Series 240