Gee Hee Hong
Last Updated: March 3, 2016
Gee Hee Hong is an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Her work focuses on inflation dynamics, transmission of monetary policy and various trade issues including exchange rate pass-through and global value chain. Previously, she worked on regional surveillance issues, Singapore, Malaysia and Fiji in the Asia and Pacific Department at the IMF (2014-2016). Prior to joining the IMF, she worked at Bank of Canada (2012-2014). Ms. Hong holds a B.A. from Seoul National University (2006) and an M.A. and a Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley (2012).
Email: GHONG@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/geeheehong/home
Fluent In: Korean.
Education:
Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
M.A. Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
B.A. (summa cum laude) Economics, Seoul National University, 2006
Previous Experience:
Bank of Canada, Senior Analyst, 2012-2014
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Visiting position, summer 2014
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Macro-Financial Issues