IMF RESEARCHER

Roland Meeks

Last Updated: August 4, 2023

Roland is at the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he works on issues related to monetary and macroprudential policies. Roland's research interests span macroeconomics, banking, and econometrics. His work has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He has previously held positions as Senior Economist at the Monetary Policy Outlook Division of the Bank of England, lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at the University of Essex, Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He has been a visiting economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a visiting scholar at Stanford University, and an equity strategist at Crédit Lyonnais Laing Securities, London. He holds a D.Phil. in economics from the University of Oxford.

Email: RMEEKS@imf.org

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

Education:

Nuffield College, Oxford D.Phil.


Previous Experience:

Senior Economist, Monetary Policy Outlook Division Bank of England 2014-2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Essex 2012-2014

Senior Economist, Risk Assessment Division Bank of England 2009-2012

Research Economist, Economics Department Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 2007-2009


Awards and Honors:

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Oxford

University of Oxford, Edgeworth Prize for an outstanding D.Phil. thesis


Country work or Mission Assignment:

Germany, Financial Sector Assessment Program. Macroprudential Policy Expert. 2022

Israel, Technical Assistance. Monetary Policy Expert. 2021

Republic of Korea, Financial Sector Assessment Program. Macroprudential Policy Expert. 2020

Kingdom of Morocco, Technical Assistance. Monetary Policy Expert. 2020


IMF Career:

Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department (2018-present)


Field of Expertise:

Monetary Policy

Banking

Macro-Financial Issues

Economic Modeling