Dirk Ulbricht has studied economics in Passau, Buenos Aires, Berlin, and Munich. He worked for the ifo institute in Munich as a researcher and consultant and wrote his PhD thesis on combined forecasts and forecast breakdowns at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich. After working as a manager with Allianz for 4 years, he returned to academia as an economist in the forecasting and policy division of DIW Berlin. His research interests are forecasting and forecast uncertainty, potential output and financial markets.
