Can Models Still Work When Everything Changes at Once? With Christiane Baumeister

About this episode

Dr. Christiane Baumeister discusses the challenges of forecasting in volatile oil markets.

This week I speak with Dr. Christiane Baumeister, a professor at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on global oil market dynamics — disentangling the supply and demand forces that drive prices and developing forecasting models that are designed to perform precisely when markets are most volatile.

People in this episode

Host: Risk Market News

Guest: Christiane Baumeister

Topics covered

• oil market dynamics
• forecasting models
• market volatility
• supply and demand
• economic forecasting

Keywords

• oil prices
• market dynamics
• forecasting
• supply and demand
• volatility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Notre Dame

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