Lucy Qian Liu
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Biography
Lucy Qian Liu is an economist in the Macro Financial Division of the IMF Research Department. Previously she worked in the Strategy, Policy, and Review, Middle East and Central Asia, and Fiscal Affairs Departments at the IMF. Her research interests include monetary policy, Macro-financial linkage and international finance.
Profile
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Queen’s University, Canada, 2010
- M.A. Economics, University of Victoria, Canada, 2004
Referee Activities
- Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, International Economic Review, Macroeconomic Dynamics
IMF Career
- Economist, Research Department, Macro Financial Division, 2016 to present
- Economist, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, Strategy Unit, 2012 - 2016
- Economist, Middle East and Central Asia Department, Country Desk for Egypt, 2011 - 2012
- Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, Fiscal Operation II Division, 2009 - 2011
Work in progress
- “The Effects of the U.S. Unconventional Monetary Policy on Employment in Disaggregated Data,” with Seung Lee and Viktors Stebunovs
- “Finance and Employment in Developing Countries: the External Liquidity Channel,” with Mai Dao
Field of Expertise
- Macro-Financial Issues
- Monetary Policy
IMF Publications
IMF Books and Working Papers
- Housing Booms and Productivity Growth, Working Paper No. 2025/161 , August 15, 2025
- European Labor Markets and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fallout and the Path Ahead, Departmental Paper No 2022/004 , March 3, 2022
- Inequality in the Spanish Labor Market During the COVID-19 Crisis, Working Paper No. 2022/018 , January 28, 2022
- Debt Maturity and the Use of Short-Term Debt: Evidence form Sovereigns and Firms, Departmental Paper No. 2019/001 , February 5, 2019
- Regional Labor Mobility in Spain, Working Paper No. 2018/282 , December 13, 2018
- Finance and Employment in Developing Countries: The Working Capital Channel, Working Paper No. 2017/189 , August 15, 2017
- Money and Credit: Theory and Applications, Working Paper No. 2017/014 , January 27, 2017
- Risk Taking and Interest Rates: Evidence from Decades in the Global Syndicated Loan Market, Working Paper No. 2017/016 , January 27, 2017