Fabian Valencia
Last Updated: September 29, 2025
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.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 2006
M.Sc. in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1999
B.A. in Economics, Universidad Católica de Guayaquil, 1997
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Economic Letters, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, IMF Economic Review, International Economic Review, Economics, Economica, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies.