Karl Walentin

I am a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University 2022-2027.  I am also affiliated with Sveriges Riksbank as a visiting scholar. My research is within macroeconomics, mainly related to business cycles, macro-labor and macro-housing. My current research is concerns the importance of housing and mortgages for the monetary policy transmission and the role of monetary vs. fiscal policy in stabilizing the economy. I am also starting a project about how the gradual transition to zero carbon emissions will affect the economy, with a focus on change in composition of the capital stock. Finally, I am part of MacH2M research group which empirically characterizes the key dimensions of heterogeneity between households (and firms) that affect how shocks propagate through the economy.  

Latest news:

Published book chapter on the effects on GDP and unemployment of immigration in an anthology by Konjunkturinstitutet.

I have been appointed to the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council (Finanspolitiska rådet) for 2025-2028.

Bolåneregler behövs i en orolig tid,  Op-Ed in Svenska Dagbladet, February 22nd, 2025 [in Swedish]

Obalanserad utredning om bolånereglering,  inlägg på Ekonomistas, January 30th 2025. [in Swedish]

New publication: Dynamic Macroeconomic Implications of Immigration Journal of Monetary Economics. (with Conny Olovsson and Andreas Westermark). 

Erik Thedéen bör se upp för myter om penningpolitiken, Op-Ed in Dagens industri, August 14th, 2024. [in Swedish]

I have been commissioned to write “Pros and cons of national Swedish monetary policy vs Euro membership”, a chapter in a report edited by Lars Calmfors.

A research team that I am a member of, lead by Mikael Carlsson (Uppsala University), has been awarded a grant of 36 MSEK by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for the research program The macroeconomy and high-dimensional heterogeneity on the micro level, MacH2M

Here is my CV .

Contact info:
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46-73-469 7482