Q. Farooq Akram
E-mail: farooq.akram@norges-bank.no
Phone: +47 22 31 66 92
Fax: +47 22 42 40 62
Norges Bank
Bankplassen 2
P.O.Box 1179 Sentrum
0107 Oslo
Norway
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Research interests
Farooq Akram is Special Advisor at the Research Department. Akram has a PhD in economics from the University of Oslo. He joined the Norges Bank’s staff in 1995. Akram’s primary research interests are in the fields of monetary policy, exchange rate economics and applied econometrics. Current projects focus on issues in designing optimal and robust monetary policy, financial stability and international finance. Akram's 
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Work in progress
- "What horizon for targeting inflation?"
- "Designing monetary policy using econometric models"
- "Forecasting under data and model uncertainty", with Ø. Eitrheim and R. Nymoen
- Robust satisficing monetary policy under parameter uncertainty", with Y. Ben-Haim and Ø. Eitrheim
- "Model selection for monetary policy analysis - How important is empirical validity?" with R. Nymoen. Working Paper 13/2006, Norges Bank.
- "Managing uncertainty through robust-satisficing monetary policy", with Y. Ben-Haim and Ø. Eitrheim. Working Paper 10/2006, Norges Bank.
- "Dynamics of Arbitrage in the Foreign Exchange Market: Turning on the Microscope", with D. Rime and L. Sarno (U Warwick). Working Paper 12/2005, Norges Bank.
Recent publications
- "Flexible inflation targeting and financial stability: Is it enough to stabilise inflation and output?", with Ø. Eitrheim. Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming.
"Pursing financial stability under an inflation-targeting regime" with G. Bårdsen and K.G. Lindquist; Annals of Finance, 2007, vol. 3, pp. 131-153.
"PPP in the medium run: The case of Norway". Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006, vol. 28 (4), pp. 700-719.
"Econometric modelling of slack and tight labour markets" with Ragnar Nymoen; Economic modelling, 2006, vol 23, pp. 579-596.
"Monetary policy and asset prices: To respond or not?" with Gunnar Bårdsen and Øyvind Eitrheim; International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2006, vol 11, pp. 279-292.
"Non-linear dynamics in output, real exchange rates and real money balances: Norway, 1830 - 2003." with Ø. Eitrheim and Lucio Sarno. In C. Milas, P. Rothman and D. van Dick (eds) (2006): Nonlinear Time Series Analysis of Business Cycles. Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, Elsevier.
"Multiple unemployment equilibria and asymmetric dynamics - Norwegian evidence" Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2005, 16, pp. 263-283.
"Oil prices and exchange rates: Norwegian Evidence" Econometrics Journal, 2004, vol. 7, pp. 476-504.