Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Session 1 on the use of large language models in economics at the 2026 Forecasting Techniques conference.

Session chair: Joan Paredes (Národná Banka Slovenska)

From Text to Quantified Insights: A Large-Scale LLM Analysis of Central Bank Communication
• Presenter: Ole Gregarek (International Monetary Fund)
• Thiago Christiano Silva (International Monetary Fund)
• Kei Moriya (International Monetary Fund)
• Romain Michel Veyrune (International Monetary Fund)
• Discussant: Leif Anders Thorsrud (BI Norwegian Business School)

Watch all sessions from the conference:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnMPzsAhkMgCVdx7rdyS_uH&si=R6ydlLh8NsL54kZf

See the conference programme here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260323_13th_conference_on_forecasting_techniques.en.html