Galen Sher

Galen Sher is a Senior Economist working on global fiscal policy topics at the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, where he has led the Fiscal Monitor report. Previously, he was Senior Economist for Germany in the IMF's European Department where he developed advice on a range of topics from macroprudential policy to productivity. Before that, he worked in the IMF's Research, Monetary and Capital Markets, and Western Hemisphere Departments. Galen's research interests are in applied macroeconomics and econometrics. He obtained his PhD at the University of Oxford.

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• How Europe Can Capture the AI Growth Dividend
  • Published: November 20, 2025
  • Authors: Florian Misch, Ben Park, Carlo Pizzinelli, Galen Sher
  • Summary: Artificial intelligence could boost Europe’s productivity, but gains will hinge on efforts to deepen the single market and the calibration of regulation
• Spending Smarter to Boost Growth
  • Published: October 7, 2025
  • Authors: Era Dabla-Norris, Davide Furceri, Zsuzsa Munkacsi, Galen Sher
  • Summary: Spending more efficiently and reallocating public funds toward investment and innovation can be a powerful growth strategy
• Europe Can Reap Sizable Energy Security Rewards by Scaling Up Climate Action
  • Published: May 28, 2024
  • Authors: Geoffroy Dolphin, Romain Duval, Galen Sher, Hugo Rojas-Romagosa
  • Summary: Meeting the continent’s emission reduction targets could enhance energy security metrics by 8 percent by 2030—and that would be just the start
• How Rising Interest Rates Could Affect Emerging Markets
  • Published: April 5, 2021
  • Authors: Philipp Engler, Roberto Piazza, Galen Sher
• Migration to Advanced Economies Can Raise Growth
  • Published: June 19, 2020
  • Authors: Philipp Engler, Margaux MacDonald, Roberto Piazza, Galen Sher

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