Matteo F. Ghilardi is an Economist in the Western Hemisphere Department, working as a desk for Ecuador. Prior to his current position, he worked in the Middle East and Central Asia Department as a desk for Kazakhstan and in the Development Macroeconomics Division of the IMF Research Department. He holds a PhD from the University of Surrey. His research focuses on fiscal policy and macro-financial linkages including macroprudential regulation.

Email: mghilardi@imf.org

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

Fluent In: Italian.

Education:

PhD in Economics, University of Surrey, 2013

Msc. in Money and Finance, University of Brescia, 2008

Bsc. in Economics of Banking and Financial Markets, University of Milan-Bicocca, 2007

Seminar Presentation:

Bank of England - CIMS Conference, University of Surrey - Effective Macroprudential Instruments Conference, University of Notthingam - International Monetary Fund - Ministry of Finance, Chad - Ministry of Finance, Republic of Congo - National Bank of Kazakhstan - Queen Mary University - Reserve Bank of New Zealand - University of Lancaster - University of Surrey - 12th WEAI Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Economic Modeling

Matteo F. Ghilardi is an Economist in the Western Hemisphere Department, working as a desk for Ecuador. Prior to his current position, he worked in the Middle East and Central Asia Department as a desk for Kazakhstan and in the Development Macroeconomics Division of the IMF Research Department. He holds a PhD from the University of Surrey. His research focuses on fiscal policy and macro-financial linkages including macroprudential regulation.

Email: mghilardi@imf.org

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

Fluent In: Italian.

Education:

PhD in Economics, University of Surrey, 2013

Msc. in Money and Finance, University of Brescia, 2008

Bsc. in Economics of Banking and Financial Markets, University of Milan-Bicocca, 2007

Seminar Presentation:

Bank of England - CIMS Conference, University of Surrey - Effective Macroprudential Instruments Conference, University of Notthingam - International Monetary Fund - Ministry of Finance, Chad - Ministry of Finance, Republic of Congo - National Bank of Kazakhstan - Queen Mary University - Reserve Bank of New Zealand - University of Lancaster - University of Surrey - 12th WEAI Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Field of Expertise:

Public Finance

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Economic Modeling

IMF Books and Working Papers:

A Growth-Friendly Path for Building Fiscal Buffers in the Caucuses and Central Asia, Departmental Paper No. 18/06, April 10, 2018

Make Investment Scaling-Up Work in Benin : A Macro-Fiscal Analysis, African Departmental Paper No. 16/1, January 15, 2016

Public Investment in a Developing Country Facing Resource Depletion, Working Paper No. 15/236, November 10, 2015

Investment Scaling-up and the Role of Government: the Case of Benin, Working Paper No. 15/69, March 27, 2015

Sustaining more Inclusive Growth in the Republic of Congo, African Departmental Paper No. 15/2, February 11, 2015

Capital Flows, Financial Intermediation and Macroprudential Policies, Working Paper No. 14/157, August 21, 2014

Aggregate Stability and Balanced-Budget Rules, Working Paper No. 14/23, February 10, 2014

IMF Country Reports

2019 - Ecuador - IMF Country Report No. 19/79

2018 - Republic of Kazakhstan - IMF Country Report No. 18/277

2018 - Republic of Uzbekistan - IMF Country Report No. 18/117

2017 - Republic of Kazakhstan - IMF Country Report No. 17/108

2015 - Republic of Kazakhstan - IMF Country Report No. 15/241

2014 - Republic of Congo - IMF Country Report No. 14/272

2013 - Chad - IMF Country Report No. 14/100

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Navigating Fiscal Policy in Uncharted Waters: What's Next for the CCA region?

Selected Issue

2018 - Republic of Kazakhstan - IMF Country Report No. 18/278

2017 - Republic of Kazakhstan - IMF Country Report No. 17/109

2015 - Central African Economic and Monetary Community - IMF Country Report No. 15/308

2014 - Republic of Congo - IMF Country Report No. 14/273

Other Published Materials

2017 October - Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook - Box 3.2 Setting the Course for Growth-Friendly Fiscal Policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia

2016 October - Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook - Box 3.1 Exploring Effects of Currency Adjustment in CCA Countries

2014 April - Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook - Box 4.3 Countercyclical Capital Requirements Amid Capital Flows Volatility: Possible Benefits for Asia

Books

Capital Flows and Macroprudential Policies: a Framework for Emerging Asia - Co-authored with Shanaka J. Peiris (IMF) - In "Macroprudential Policy and Practice", Cambridge University Press, 2018

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Public Investment in a Developing Country Facing Natural Resource Depletion - Co-authored with Adrian Alter and Dalia Hakura (IMF) - Journal of African Economies - Vol. 26(3), pages 295-321, June 2017.

Capital Flows, Financial Intermediation and Macroprudential Policies - Co-authored with Shanaka J. Peiris (IMF) - Open Economies Review - Vol. 27(4), pages 721-746, September 2016.

Investment Scaling-up and the Role of Government - Co-authored with Sergio Sola (IMF) - Applied Economics - Vol. 48(38), pages 3605-3625, 2016.

Aggregate Stability and Balanced-Budget Rules - Co-authored with Raffaele Rossi (University of Manchester) - Journal of Money, Credit and Banking - Vol. 46(8), pages 1785-1807, December 2014.