Albert Marcet Torrens (born 11 April 1960) is a Spanish economist, specialized in macroeconomics, time series, financial economics and economic dynamic theory.

He is currently serving as Professor of Macroeconomics at the UCL Department of Economics, on leave from his position as ICREA Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE), a research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and AXA Research Chair on Macroeconomic Risk at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.

In 2013, he received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project, Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn.

Professor Marcet was the first Director of the Barcelona GSE Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets.

He now serves as its Scientific Director and teaches master courses in the program.