Articles by Lauren Leek

December 5, 2024

Introducing ‘central bank talk’

Lauren Leek

Thirty years ago, central banks simply did not make transparent public statements. Now, communication with the public and the media is crucial to their operation. Lauren Leek has developed an interactive website, Central Bank Talk, which offers users revealing insights into central bank communication across the world, and over time. Here, she presents some of the site's key tools.

Lauren Leek

PhD Researcher, European University Institute

Lauren’s PhD thesis uses computational methods to analyse developments in central bank communication and independence.

She has general interest in social data science applied to various political economy questions.

Lauren was previously a visiting PhD researcher at the London School of Economics and a PhD trainee at DG Economics of the European Central Bank.

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