Tao Wu
Last Updated: May 16, 2018
Tao Wu is a Senior Economist at the IMF. Prior to joining the IMF in 2010, he had worked as a Policy Advisor for the U.S. Federal Reserve for ten years, where he was responsible for analyzing the U.S. economy and global financial market, and providing monetary policy recommendations to the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members. After joining the IMF, he has worked on monetary, fiscal, and exchange rate policies of the U.S. and the euro area. Mr. Wu conducts research in macroeconomics, monetary policy, asset pricing, and financial market. His research papers have been widely published in top economics and finance journals. He is the recipient of the Best Paper Award by the Royal Economic Society for the best paper published in the Economic Journal in 2008. He also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. Mr. Wu holds a Ph.D.'s degree in Economics from Yale University.
Email: TWU@imf.org
Fluent In: Chinese.
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2001.
Master, Economics, Wuhan University, 1995.
Bachelor, Economics, Wuhan University, 1992.
Previous Experience:
Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2008-2010
Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2006-2008
Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 2001-2006
Visiting Scholar, Oxford University, 2008, 2010.
Visiting Scholar, Bank of England, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2010.
Visiting Scholar, University of Tokyo, 2007.
Visiting Fellow, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 2006.
Visiting Scholar, Bank for International Settlements, 2005.
Referee Activities:
American Economic Review, Business Economics, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Financial Studies.
Editorial Activities:
Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, since 2010
Awards and Honors:
Best Paper of the Year Prize, awarded by the Royal Economic Society for the best paper published in the Economic Journal in 2008.