Jaewoo Lee

Jaewoo Lee is Deputy Division Chief of the Regional Studies Division in the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department. He has also worked in the IMF’s Research Department, including on the IMF’s exchange rate assessment. He was recently on leave from the IMF, working as the Chief Korea Economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to the Research Department, he was a desk economist for Australia, Singapore, and the Philippines. Prior to the IMF, he was an economics professor in the University of California at Irvine. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Seoul National University, and a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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• Energy Shocks Amid Rapid Inflation Could Fuel Faster Wage Gains
  • Published: September 12, 2022
  • Authors: Chikako Baba, Jaewoo Lee
  • Summary: When inflation is high, wages tend to rise more in response to a spike in oil prices. And the more wages rise, the greater the risk of a sustained increase in inflation.
• Who Wins and Who Loses As China Rebalances
  • Published: May 12, 2016
  • Authors: Serkan Arslanalp, Thomas Helbling, Jaewoo Lee, Koshy Mathai
  • Summary: China’s economy leaves nobody indifferent. The world is watching closely as the second largest economy in the world is shifting its growth model from an export-driven one to one centered on household consumption.

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