Jakub Matějů

Jakub Matějů is a Deputy Director of the Monetary Department at the Czech National Bank and Director of the Macroeconomic Forecasting Division. Prior to that, he served as an Advisor to the Board at the Czech National Bank and as an Economist at the Prague branch of Société Générale and the European Central Bank. He earned his PhD from CERGE-EI, Prague. His research interests range from monetary policy and macro-financial linkages to macroeconomic forecasting.

• Small open economy HANK model: the impact of import-export heterogeneity on the propagation of shocks (with Volha Audzei)

• Tomas Adam & Jan Belka & Martin Hluze & Jakub Mateju & Hana Prause & Jiri Schwarz (2023). "Ace in Hand: The Value of Card Data in the Game of Nowcasting," Working Papers 2023/14, Czech National Bank.
• Monika Junicke & Jakub Mateju & Haroon Mumtaz & Angeliki Theophilopoulou (2023). "Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks on Wage and Hours Worked: Evidence from the Czech Labor Market" Working Papers 2023/4, Czech National Bank
• Jakub Mateju & Michal Kejak (2015). "Limited Liability, Asset Price Bubbles and the Credit Cycle: The Role of Monetary Policy", Working Papers 2015/16, Czech National Bank.

• Junicke, Monika & Matějů, Jakub & Mumtaz, Haroon & Theophilopoulou, Angeliki, 2025. “Heterogeneous Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks: Evidence from the Czech labor market,” Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (forthcoming)
• Junicke, Monika & Matějů, Jakub & Mumtaz, Haroon & Theophilopoulou, Angeliki, 2025. "The heterogeneous effects of technology shocks. Evidence from the Czech Labour market," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
• Jakub Matějů, 2019. "What Drives the Strength of Monetary Policy Transmission?", International Journal of Central Banking, International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 15(3), pages 59-87, September.
• Adam, Tomáš & Benecká, Soňa & Matějů, Jakub, 2018. "Financial stress and its non-linear impact on CEE exchange rates", Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 346-360.
• Babecký, Jan & Havránek, Tomáš & Matějů, Jakub & Rusnák, Marek & Šmídková, Kateřina & Vašíček, Bořek, 2014. "Banking, debt, and currency crises in developed countries: Stylized facts and early warning indicators", Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 15(C), pages 1-17.
• Babecký, Jan & Havránek, Tomáš & Matějů, Jakub & Rusnák, Marek & Šmídková, Kateřina & Vašíček, Bořek, 2013. "Leading indicators of crisis incidence: Evidence from developed countries", Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 1-19.

• Alessi, Lucia & Antunes, Antonio & Babecky, Jan & Baltussen, Simon & Behn, Markus & Bonfim, Diana & Bush, Oliver & Detken, Carsten & Frost, Jon & Guimaraes, Rodrigo & Havranek, Tomas & Joy, Mark & Kau, 2015. "Comparing different early warning systems: Results from a horse race competition among members of the Macro-prudential Research Network," MPRA Paper 62194, University Library of Munich, Germany.

Awards

• Young Economist Award of the Czech Economic Society (2015: 1st place, 2013: 2nd place, 2009: best under 25)
• CNB Economic Research Award for the Best Publication (2013)

Refereeing

• Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Money and Finance, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance