Barra Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

I am working as a Research Advisor in the Statistics Division.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

I worked as a Senior Economist in the International Finance Division. I led the development of macroprudential policy for Liability Driven Investment Funds, and oversaw financial stability analysis of the resilience of Ireland's non-bank financial sector.

County Dublin, Ireland

I work as an Economist-Statistician on the Investment Funds-Special Purpose Entity team. My research interests include non-bank investment in the Irish property market, interlinkages between Ireland's financial sector and the real economy and collateralised loan obligations.

Dublin, Ireland

• I work with the investment funds and special purpose entity team in the Statistics Division. The job includes:
• Collecting, validating and compiling data for Irish resident investment funds and special purpose entities on a quarterly basis.
• Identifying issues with data quality, engaging data reporting entities on such issues and ensuring that they are corrected.
• Engaging with the money market fund industry and interviewing key participants as part of the teams’ qualitative data collection (market intelligence) initiative.

Dame Street, Dublin

• My role involved assisting Senior Economists with their research, analysis and briefings for senior management, data collection, and conducting my own research and analysis on policy relevant issues. Examples of this.
• Creating, maintaining and updating the large, multipurpose database (800 variables, 4 different frequencies, long time spans) used by my division for analysis and research.
• Co-authoring two boxes in the Central Bank of Ireland’s Quarterly Bulletin.
• Assisting colleagues with the creation of briefing material for Senior Management.
• Editing, authoring and coordinating other divisions’ contributions to a weekly newsletter for the Economics Directorate.

Dublin, Ireland

• The job involved me giving private tuition in economics, maths & statistics to university students. In this role I:
• Developed my written communication skills through the writing of extensive notes.
• Developed my oral communication skills so that I became highly proficient in giving tuition to groups and individuals.
• Acted on my own initiative by writing solutions to past exam papers, opening up a new revenue stream for Unituition.

• My role encompassed me aiding two professors with their research in a variety of ways. This included:
• Data cleaning and validation.
• Conducting background research for research ideas, and writing my findings as a report.
• Searching for and cataloguing available data sources, while analysing their quality and usefulness.I returned to this position over the summer of 2015 to work with Prof. Gaia Narciso on a number of research projects..

• Valeo Service UK is an automotive parts supplier. My main duties while working there included:
• Product validation and product recalls.
• Compilation, updating and maintenance of databases.
• Resolution of warranty claims, which involved me working in a team with two other departments and liaising with customers and suppliers.
• Checking the veracity of a large customers warranty claims. Through cross-checking their warranty forms against other data sources, I was able to determine that they were providing false information in a third of their.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Research interests focused on topics in residential rental markets.

Master Of Science, Economics, 1St Class Honors - Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics And Social Studies, 2.1

Single Honours Economics Track

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