Rui Mano
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Rui C. Mano is a deputy division chief in the IMF’s Research Department. He previously worked in the Research, Asia Pacific, Strategy, Policy and Review, and Western Hemisphere Departments. He contributed to the Fund's framework on external sector assessments, contributed to several country teams (China, DR Congo, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, and the United States), and participated in the formulation and review of fund-wide policies (notably the Integrated Policy Framework and Comprehensive Surveillance Review). He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests are exchange rate risk, foreign exchange intervention, monetary policy, and cross-border spillovers, among others.
Email: RMANO@imf.org
Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/ruimano/
Fluent In: Portuguese, Spanish.
Previous Experience:
Senior Economist, Western Hemisphere Department, North America Division.
Senior Economist, Strategy Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, Macro Policies Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, China Division.
Economist, Asia Pacific Department, Korea Division.
Economist, Research Department, Open-Economy Division.
Current Position:
Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, Macro-Financial Division.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
China, Democratic Republic of Congo, ECCU, Grenada, Hong Kong SAR, Jamaica, Korea, Mongolia, Philippines and the United States.
Field of Expertise:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Trade
International Finance
Economic Modeling
Monetary Policy