IMF RESEARCHER

Fabián Valencia is Division Chief and Mission Chief for Paraguay in the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund. Prior to his current position, he served as Advisor and as Deputy Chief in the Macrofinancial Unit of SPR, supporting the IMF’s efforts to strengthen macrofinancial surveillance. He has also worked in the Western Hemisphere and Research Departments of the IMF. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from The Johns Hopkins University and a M.Sc. in Economics from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. His research interests include financial crises, monetary policy, macroprudential policy, and financial intermediation and the real economy. 

Email: FVALENCIA@imf.org

Fluent In: Spanish.