Karl Walentin

Advisor in the Research Division at Sveriges Riksbank

Karl Walentin is an Advisor in the Research Division of Sveriges Riksbank since 2005. He conducts research within macroeconomics, mainly regarding business cycles. An important part of his research concerns financial frictions in macroeconomic settings and the importance of housing for business cycle fluctuations. Some of Karl's more recent work concerns macroeconomic aspects of the labour market. He holds a PhD from New York University.