Prof. Sarah Lein

Sarah Lein is Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Basel with research interests in the fields of monetary economics and international macroeconomics. Before joining the University of Basel, she worked as a Senior Economist in the Economic Analysis Unit at the Swiss National Bank. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Zurich in 2009.

Professor Lein’s recent research focuses on the role of firm heterogeneity for inflation dynamics, the effect of exchange-rate changes on prices and expenditures, the role of currency of invoicing for allocations, and on the role of inflation expectations for price and wage setting of firms. In her most recent work, she conducts firm surveys in collaboration with a well-known survey and business cycle research institute, incorporating information treatments from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). She uses these surveys to examine the role of inflation expectations in price and wage setting and to explore their implications for monetary policy.

• Financial Markets
  • Central Banks and Monetary Policy
• Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
  • Foreign Exchange