## Roland Meeks - CV ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [Roland Meeks - CV](https://www.imf.org/en/research/researcher-cv/author/meeks-roland) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/en/research/researcher-cv/author/meeks-roland/index.md) - [Structured JSON version](/en/research/researcher-cv/author/meeks-roland/index.json) - [Bundle manifest](/en/research/researcher-cv/author/meeks-roland/bundle-manifest.json) ## Bibliographic details - Authors: Roland Meeks --- ### Biography 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. ### Profile ### 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 - Banking - Macro-Financial Issues - Economic Modeling - Monetary Policy ### IMF Publications ### IMF Books and Working Papers - [Emerging Market Resilience: Good Luck or Good Policies?](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/12/05/emerging-market-resilience-good-luck-or-good-policies-572387), Working Paper No. 2025/256 , December 5, 2025 - [Monetary Policy with Uncertain Inflation Persistence](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/03/07/monetary-policy-with-uncertain-inflation-persistence-545762), Working Paper No. 2024/047 , March 8, 2024 - [Negative Interest Rates: Taking Stock of the Experience So Far](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/departmental-papers-policy-papers/issues/2021/03/01/negative-interest-rates-taking-stock-of-the-experience-so-far-50115), Departmental Paper No 2021/003 , March 3, 2021 - [Optimal Simple Objectives for Monetary Policy when Banks Matter](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/11/13/optimal-simple-objectives-for-monetary-policy-when-banks-matter-49872), Working Paper No. 2020/244 , November 13, 2020 ### IMF Country Reports - ["An application of the integrated policy framework to Vietnam", in Vietnam: Selected Issues (IMF Country Report 024/307)](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2024/09/27/Vietnam-Selected-Issues-555684) ### Selected Issues - ["Moldova's inflation targeting regime", in Republic of Moldova: Selected Issues (IMF Country Report 2026/60).](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2026/03/05/republic-of-moldova-selected-issues-574437) ### Other Published Materials - [Negative Interest Rates: Taking Stock of the Experience So Far](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Departmental-Papers-Policy-Papers/Issues/2021/03/01/Negative-Interest-Rates-Taking-Stock-of-the-Experience-So-Far-50115) - [Optimal Simple Objectives for Monetary Policy when Banks Matter](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2020/11/13/Optimal-Simple-Objectives-for-Monetary-Policy-when-Banks-Matter-49872) - [Germany: Financial Sector Assessment Program Technical Note—Macroprudential Policy Framework And Tools](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2022/08/02/Germany-Financial-Sector-Assessment-Program-Technical-Note-Macroprudential-Policy-Framework-521671) - [Republic of Korea: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Macroprudential Policy Frameworks and Tools](https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/09/18/Republic-of-Korea-Financial-Sector-Assessment-Program-Technical-Note-Macroprudential-Policy-49749) - [Emerging market resilience: Good luck or good policies?](https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229033886.001) ### Non-IMF Publications ### Publications in Journals (Refereed) - [The dynamics of economic functions: Modelling and forecasting the yield curve, Journal of the American Statistical Association 103(484), December 2008: 1419-1437.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1198/016214508000000922) - [Do credit market shocks drive output fluctuations? Evidence from corporate spreads and defaults, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 36, April 2012: 568-584.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2011.11.010) - [Stationary and nonstationary behavior of the term structure: A nonparametric characterization, Applied Mathematical Finance 20(2), April 2013: 137-166.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350486X.2012.666120) - [Capital regulation and the macroeconomy: Empirical evidence and macroprudential policy, European Economic Review 95, June 2017: 125-141.](http://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.03.010) - [Shadow banks and macroeconomic instability, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 49(7), October 2017: 1483-1516.](http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12422) - [Monetary and macroprudential policies under rules and discretion, Economics Letters 170, September 2018: 104-108.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.06.005) - [Optimal simple objectives for monetary policy when banks matter, European Economic Review 135, 2021.](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103719) - [Heterogeneous beliefs and the Phillips curve, Journal of Monetary Economics (forthcoming)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2023.06.003) - ["Negative Interest Rate Policies: A Survey", Annual Review of Economics 16, 2024.](https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-080323-042145) ### Other Published Materials - [Financial crisis casts shadow over commercial real estate, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter 3(12), December 2008.](https://www.dallasfed.org/~/media/documents/research/eclett/2008/el0812.pdf) - [Adapting central bank operations to a hotter world: Reviewing some options, NGFS 2021 (contributor)](https://www.ngfs.net/en/adapting-central-bank-operations-hotter-world-reviewing-some-options) --- _Source: https://www.imf.org/en/research/researcher-cv/author/meeks-roland_