Akito Matsumoto
Last Updated: May 10, 2019
Akito Matsumoto is a Senior Economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Previously, he worked at the Board of Governors, the Bank of England , Nomura Securities, and Nomura Research Institute. He was a Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan. His current research interests include commodities markets, open economy macroeconomics, international finance and monetary economics.
Email: AMATSUMOTO@imf.org
Fluent In: Japanese.
Education:
University of Wisconsin - Madison (1999-2004) Ph.D. in Economics, May 2004. MS in Economics, December 2000.
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (1989-1994) Bachelor of Law, March 1994.
Previous Experience:
9/03-12/03 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Graduate Intern, Division of International Finance
1/03-5/03 University of Wisconsin - Madison (part-time) Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Macroeconomics
9/02-12/02 Bank of England Research Economist (graduate intern), Monetary Assessment and Strategy Division
8/00-5/02 University of Wisconsin - Madison (part-time) Project Assistant for Prof. Kenneth D. West
8/99-5/00 University of Wisconsin - Madison (part-time) Project Assistant for joint project by Prof. Scott Taylor and Prof. Arik Levinson
12/96-6/99 The Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Economist, Fixed Income Research Section; CMA (Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan)
4/94-11/96 Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Economist, Economic Research Department
Referee Activities:
Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, IMF Economic Reviews, International Economic Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics, and Review of International Economics
Editorial Activities:
IMF staff papers Vol. 56(3) 2009: Special Section: “Current Account Sustainability in Major Advanced Economies”
Journal of International Economics Vol. 80(1) 2010: JIE Special Issue on “International Macro-Finance” with Michael B. Devereux, Charles Engel, Alessandro Rebucci, and Alan Sutherland
“Shifting Commodity Markets in a Globalized World” with Rabah Arezki, December 2017, International Monetary Fund. ISBN 9781484310328
Seminar Presentation:
Selected Presentations: 8th Bosphorus Summit. Session on “The end of the age of oil” (2017) KAPSARC; Workshop on “Sheltering the economies of oil exporting countries from energy shocks” (2017) Econometric Society Far Eastern Meeting (2016) Bank of Canada Workshop on Commodity Super Cycles (2015) USAEE/IAEE Conference (2012) Hitotsubashi Macro Econometric Conference (2011) Econometric Society winter meeting (2011) University of Notre Dame (2010) CEPR international risk sharing conference (2010) Graduate Institute, Geneva (2010) Vanderbilt University (2010) JEDC conference on Frontiers in Structural Macroeconomic Modeling (2010) Econometric Society Far Eastern Meeting (2009) NBER summer institute IFM program (2008) CEPR and EUI workshop in Florence (2008) IMF/ESRC WEF Conference on International Macro-Finance (2008) Royal Economic Society Annual Meeting Special Session (2008) NBER IFM spring meeting (2007) NBER summer institute IFM program (2005) Econometric Society winter meeting (2005) ECB/IMF conference “Global Financial Integration, Stability and Business Cycles: Exploring the Links” (2004) JMCB/Chicago FED conference “James Tobin Symposium” (2003)
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Open Economy Macroeconomics
International Trade
International Finance
Energy and Environmental Economics
Economic Modeling