IMF RESEARCHER

Lucy QianLiu

Last Updated: March 2, 2016

Lucy Liu

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.

Email: QLIU3@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/lucyliuimf/

Fluent In: Chinese.

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:

Monetary Policy

Macro-Financial Issues