Yuko Hashimoto
Last Updated: December 10, 2019Yuko Hashimoto is a senior economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. She joined the IMF in September 2009. Previously, she worked in academia in Tokyo, Japan and was an associate professor of Economics at Toyo University and an assistant professor at Keio University. Since she joined the IMF, she has worked in multiple areas, including surveillance cases of European region (Estonia, Montenegro) as well as small states (Tuvalu), data standard assessment (Albania, Barbados, Botswana, Guyana, Seychelles), and review of the role of the SDR Board paper and a series of Board papers responding to the G-20 Data Gap Initiative.
Email: yhashimoto@imf.org
Fluent In: Japanese.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tokyo, 2003.
M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo.
B.A. in Economics, Yokohama City University.
Previous Experience:
Associate Professor, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan. 2003-September 2009.
Assistant Professor, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan. 2000-2003.
Editorial Activities:
Guest editor, The IMF Research Perspectives, June 2019 issue, forthcoming.
Current Position:
Senior economist, Systemic Issues Division, Research Department, IMF. February 2016-current.
Senior economist, Data Dissemination and Review Division, Statistics Department, IMF. November 2012- February 2016.
Economist, Data Dissemination and Review Division, Statistics Department, IMF. September 2009-October 2012.
Other Professional Positions:
Special Appointee, International Monetary Fund (Research department and Asia-Pacific Department), Washington, D.C. October 2007-September 2008.
Visiting scholar, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong. August-September 2006.
Researcher, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan. January 2007-April 2007.
Visiting lecturer, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. September 2005-March 2006.
Researcher, The Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. December 2004-December 2005
Research associate, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. October 2001-January 2003.
Research assistant, Institute for Monetary and Economics Studies, Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. April-October 1999.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Staff visit and Article IV to Tuvalu (2019-2020).
Article IV missions to Montenegro (2015). Worked on the external sector and structural reforms; provided a seminar at University of Montenegro - Economics Faculty: Seminar on Montenegro's Trade Performance; Published a Selected Issues Paper on Explaining Montenegro’s Export Performance (February 2016), IMF Country Report No. 16/80.
Article IV mission to Estonia (2013). Worked on the external sector and structural reforms; main contributor for labor market analysis in Annex.
DFID-GDDS workshop in Botswana (2010, organizer).
STA SDDS and GDDS missions: Seychelles (2015, mission chief); Barbados (2011, mission chief); Guyana (2011); Albania (2010); Seychelles (2010).
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Trade
International Finance
Development Economics
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IMF Books and Working Papers:
Capital Flows: The Role of Bank and Nonbank Balance Sheets, Working Paper No. 19/85, April 29, 2019
The Effects of Data Transparency Policy Reforms on Emerging Market Sovereign Bond Spreads, Working Paper No. 17/74, March 28, 2017
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Books
“Foreign Reserve Management and the Asian Bond Market,” in Eiji Ogawa (eds.), Overview of the Asian Bond Market, Toyo Keizai Sinpo Sha, 2009. (written in Japanese)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows: New Evidence from the SDDS,” (with Konstantin Wacker), Review of World Economics, Volume 152, Issue 3, pages 529-557, August 2016.
Other Published Materials
Yuko Hashimoto is a senior economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. She joined the IMF in September 2009. Previously, she worked in academia in Tokyo, Japan and was an associate professor of Economics at Toyo University and an assistant professor at Keio University. Since she joined the IMF, she has worked in multiple areas, including surveillance cases of European region (Estonia, Montenegro) as well as small states (Tuvalu), data standard assessment (Albania, Barbados, Botswana, Guyana, Seychelles), and review of the role of the SDR Board paper and a series of Board papers responding to the G-20 Data Gap Initiative.
Email: yhashimoto@imf.org
Fluent In: Japanese.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tokyo, 2003.
M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo.
B.A. in Economics, Yokohama City University.
Previous Experience:
Associate Professor, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan. 2003-September 2009.
Assistant Professor, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan. 2000-2003.
Editorial Activities:
Guest editor, The IMF Research Perspectives, June 2019 issue, forthcoming.
Current Position:
Senior economist, Systemic Issues Division, Research Department, IMF. February 2016-current.
Senior economist, Data Dissemination and Review Division, Statistics Department, IMF. November 2012- February 2016.
Economist, Data Dissemination and Review Division, Statistics Department, IMF. September 2009-October 2012.
Other Professional Positions:
Special Appointee, International Monetary Fund (Research department and Asia-Pacific Department), Washington, D.C. October 2007-September 2008.
Visiting scholar, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research, Hong Kong. August-September 2006.
Researcher, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan. January 2007-April 2007.
Visiting lecturer, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. September 2005-March 2006.
Researcher, The Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. December 2004-December 2005
Research associate, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. October 2001-January 2003.
Research assistant, Institute for Monetary and Economics Studies, Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. April-October 1999.
Country work or Mission Assignment:
Staff visit and Article IV to Tuvalu (2019-2020).
Article IV missions to Montenegro (2015). Worked on the external sector and structural reforms; provided a seminar at University of Montenegro - Economics Faculty: Seminar on Montenegro's Trade Performance; Published a Selected Issues Paper on Explaining Montenegro’s Export Performance (February 2016), IMF Country Report No. 16/80.
Article IV mission to Estonia (2013). Worked on the external sector and structural reforms; main contributor for labor market analysis in Annex.
DFID-GDDS workshop in Botswana (2010, organizer).
STA SDDS and GDDS missions: Seychelles (2015, mission chief); Barbados (2011, mission chief); Guyana (2011); Albania (2010); Seychelles (2010).
Field of Expertise:
Monetary Policy
Banking
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Macro-Financial Issues
International Trade
International Finance
Development Economics
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Capital Flows: The Role of Bank and Nonbank Balance Sheets, Working Paper No. 19/85, April 29, 2019
The Effects of Data Transparency Policy Reforms on Emerging Market Sovereign Bond Spreads, Working Paper No. 17/74, March 28, 2017
The Financial Wealth of Corporations : A First Look at Sectoral Balance Sheet Data, Working Paper No. 16/11, January 26, 2016
The Role of Country Concentration in the International Portfolio Investment Positions for the European Union Members, Working Paper No. 14/74, May 01, 2014
The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows : New Evidence from the SDDS, Working Paper No. 12/242, October 05, 2012
Selected Issue
Books
“Foreign Reserve Management and the Asian Bond Market,” in Eiji Ogawa (eds.), Overview of the Asian Bond Market, Toyo Keizai Sinpo Sha, 2009. (written in Japanese)
“International Finance,” (with Eiji Ogawa and Masao Kumamoto), Yuhi-Kaku, April 2007. (written in Japanese, original title “Kokusai Kinnyu wo Twukamu”)
“Looking back to the Asian Currency Crisis,” Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute, November 2006. (written in Japanese, original title “Azia Tsuka Kiki wo Hurikaette”)
“Currency and Stock Price Contagion in East Asian Financial Market,” (with Takatoshi Ito), in Eiji Ogawa and Shin-ichi Fukuda (eds.), International Financial System: Lessons from the Asian Currency Crisis, University of Tokyo Press, 2006. (written in Japanese)
Publications in Journals (Refereed)
“The Role of Risk and Information for International Capital Flows: New Evidence from the SDDS,” (with Konstantin Wacker), Review of World Economics, Volume 152, Issue 3, pages 529-557, August 2016.
“Macroeconomics and High Interest Rates in Asia before 1997,” Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol.8, No.2, December 2001.
“Origin and Contagion of Asian Financial Crises: Daily Data Analysis,” (with Takatoshi Ito), The Economic Review, Vol.55, No.3, July 2004. (written in Japanese)