Chris Redl
is an economist in the Asia Pacific Division at the International Monetary
Fund where he contributes to the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Asia
and the Pacific. His research has focused on exchange rates, the
measurement and impact of economic and political uncertainty, and economic
forecasting using non-traditional data such as text. Previously he was an
economist in the Strategy, Review, and Policy department at the IMF. Prior
to joining the IMF, he worked at the Bank of England and Her Majesty’s
Revenue & Customs in the United Kingdom; and the University of the
Witwatersrand in South Africa. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from
Queen Mary, University of London.